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Summary: Que Bueno, how great!
Review: Este diccionario me sirvio perfectamente cuando estaba estudiando medicina en Espana. This dictionary had everything that I needed when I was studying Medicine in Spain. I recommend it to everyone involved in medicine in the US today.
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Summary: the one I always carry
Review: For working medical interpreters, this dictionary will provide the information you need without adding ten pounds to your briefcase! Advantages include: very small size, excellent coverage of both general and specialized terminology, and a convenient format. It's true that definitions are not included - but if you're looking for a portable quick reference, the definitions just add weight...and if you don't know what a term means, you should be asking the doctor for an explanation, not reading to the patient from your dictionary. Readers from countries like Spain or Argentina will notice that this dictionary favors Spanish terms used in the U.S., Mexico and Central America. Highly recommended. Buy this one and a pocket-sized Larousse (general bilingual dictionary) to carry in your bag, and save your bigger medical dictionaries for reference/research use in the office. If you want definitions of medical terms in Spanish, the Diccionario de Medicina (published by Planeta) is highly recommended. It includes a hardcover reference book AND an easy-to-use CD version. Don't plan on carrying it around, though - it's a monster!
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Summary: disappointing book
Review: I was very disappointed in this book - as I was looking for a true dictionary, one that would give the definition of the word. This book would be useful only for those medical personnel who needed to learn the terms in either english or spanish. The editorial review describes this book as defining the words in it and it does not - very misleading.
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Summary: disappointing book
Review: I was very disappointed in this book - as I was looking for a true dictionary, one that would give the definition of the word. This book would be useful only for those medical personnel who needed to learn the terms in either english or spanish. The editorial review describes this book as defining the words in it and it does not - very misleading.
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Summary: Que Bueno, how great!
Review: I'm a translator in a medical clinic serving a mostly Salvadoran clientele. Though some specific usages vary somewhat from words our patients use, I have not yet stumped this little dictionary. Every word I've needed to know how to say in Spanish, I've found very easily.
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Summary: Very thorough yet nice and small; a breeze to use!
Review: I'm a translator in a medical clinic serving a mostly Salvadoran clientele. Though some specific usages vary somewhat from words our patients use, I have not yet stumped this little dictionary. Every word I've needed to know how to say in Spanish, I've found very easily.
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Summary: too simplified and just for conversations with a patient
Review: If you are looking for a 'real' medical dictionary english-spanish, go somewhere else. This is a meagre pocket dictionary for superficial medical conversations with a spanish speaking patient. Don't look for any sofisticated terms or medical descriptions: there aren't any. So don't let the title mislead you: this book is a pocket guide to spanish/english gibberish, not to medical terms and medical science.
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Summary: A good basic medical dictionary
Review: If you require a more indepth medical dictionary consider "Diccionario Medico- Mosby"
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Summary: A good basic medical dictionary
Review: If you require a more indepth medical dictionary consider "Diccionario Medico- Mosby"
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Summary: Very useful book, level of speaker
Review: There seems to be a misunderstanding on the role of a bilingual dictionary and one with definitions. Bilingual dictionaries are a quick translating reference from one language to another and are not necessarily meant to contain definitions. If you want a dictionary with medical terms and definitions in Spanish, you need a Spanish/Spanish medical dictionary. Though I expected this book to have a lot more in-depth medical terminology than it does, I think it would make an excellent reference for intermediate-level speakers. It has a very handy "dialogue" section in the back for communicating with patients on a variety of medical topics such as getting medical history, dentistry, birth control, neurology, etc., as well as a vast amount of slang terms. Advanced-level professional interpreters/translators, however, may not find this book quite as useful.
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