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Online Medical Dictionaries

Online Medical Dictionaries

Black's Medical Dictionary by Harvey Marcovitch
ISBN: 9781408145647
Dorland's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations
ISBN: 9780323340205
9,000+ symbols, acronyms, and abbreviations defined.
A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology by Fred R. T. Nelson; Carolyn Taliaferro Blauvelt
ISBN: 9780323775908
Terminology of orthopaedic surgery and its related fields, including radiology, prosthetics, orthotics, and physical and occupational therapy.
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary
ISBN: 9780877796428
Includes audio for pronunciation.
A Thesaurus of Medical Word Roots by Horace Gerald Danner
ISBN: 9780810891548
The most-used word roots in medicine listed alphabetically with their meanings and etymology.

Online Foreign Language Medical Tools

Cambridge Dictionary
Online dictionaries and instant translations from English to Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, French, German, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Thai, and Vietnamese.
MediBabble iOS App
A free translation tool designed to help medical professionals with examinations and history taking for non-English speaking patients.

Online Medical Dictionaries for Consumers/Patients

MedSpeak
Compiled by the Medical Library Association for consumers and patients.
MedTerms Medical Dictionary
Simple definitions written by doctors for consumers and patients.
Merck Manual Medical Terms
An introduction to the most commonly-used medical prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

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Online Spanish Medical Dictionaries

Dictionary of Chemistry (English-Spanish, Spanish-English) by Kenneth Allen Hornak
ISBN: 9780976594734
70,000+ chemical terms translated.
An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers by Robert O. Chase; Clarisa B. Medina de Chase
ISBN: 9780300180596
Designed for students with little or no formal background in Spanish. It introduces grammar, specialized medical vocabulary, and colloquial terms. Cultural notes explain Latino customs and communication styles.
Medical Spanish by Gail L. Bongiovanni
ISBN: 9780071442008
An easy-to-use guide to interviewing Spanish-speaking patients in a simple "yes" or "no" question-and-answer format. Includes common terms and clear pronunciation guidance.
Spanish for Pediatric Medicine: A Practical Communication Guide by Edward L. Machtinger, Peter A. Nigrovic
ISBN: 9781610021395