Spanish-English/English-Spanish Medical Dictionary - Diccionario Medico Espanol-lngles/lngles-Espanol (4th edition)

摘要

The growing number of Spanish medical dictionaries emanating from the USA is clear evidence that the Hispanic community now forms the largest immigrant group in that country with an estimated 45 million native Spanish speakers. This volume is the latest edition of a work first published in 1992 and now contains concise definitions for almost 23,000 medical terms and abbreviations in English and Spanish. The publication of a new edition has enabled the compilers to update existing terminology in the earlier editions and incorporate new terms emanating from this continually developing field. The volume is clearly intended to take its place among the handy reference works used by a range of health care professionals from the hospital consultant to the junior nurse, in fact by anyone needing to communicate with Spanish-speakers requiring medical assistance. In the UK care may need to be exercised over the use of American rather than British English, for example "chupete" is translated by the American term "pacifier", rather than the UK English "dummy". Nevertheless, publishers Wolter Kluwer hope that the work will become an indispensable reference source for health care professionals, students and patients worldwide.