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by Edita Ciglenecki (Author)
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English: The audience for this dictionary includes medical professionals working in multilingual environments, global health professionals in tourist areas, professionals in public health, humanitarian medicine, emergency disaster management, rescue teams and frequent travellers disposed to any kind of danger or health risk and therefore in the need of medical assistance while in a foreign country. In emergency situations even small misunderstandings can lead to the loss of valuable time and consequently lives, therefore this dictionary is created in very practical time-saving and easy-to-understand way for both medical professionals and their patients. Instead of one classical A to Z alphabetical order, it consists of several topics where terms regarding each topic are organized alphabetically. The topics start from very basic subjects of numbers and orientation and proceed with terminology concerning accidents and disasters, parts of the human body, injuries, symptoms and diseases, pharmacy, medical facilities, medical procedures, diagnostics, pregnancy and obstetrics. Consisting of over 3000 medical terms in five languages, this book is a valuable tool for medical students on exchange programs and can serve as a basic medical dictionary for translators. Francais: Pratique et facile a consulter, ce dictionnaire medical propose plus de 3000 termes medicaux en francais, anglais, espagnol, italien et croate, couvrant l'essentiel de la pratique medicale: orientation dans le temps et dans l'espace; les types des accidents, catastrophes et detresse; parties du corps humain; les symptomes, blessures et maladies; pharmacie; etablissements medicaux, procedures et soins; examens medicaux, grossesse et obstetrique. Espanol: Este diccionario medico espanol-ingles- frances-italiano-croata, proporciona de forma breve, clara y suficiente unos 3000 terminos medicos que cubren orientacion en el tiempo y espacio; accidentes y catastrofes; partes del cuerpo humano; sintomas, heridas y enfermedades; farmacia; facilidades medicas, procedimientos y asistencia medica; examenes medicos; embarazo y obstetricia. Italiano: Questo dizionario contiene piu di 3000 termini medici in italiano, inglese, francese, spagnolo e croato ed e stato concepito come un manuale compatto di facile comprensione di terminologia medica dall'orientamento nel tempo e spazio; gli accidenti, catastrofi e angoscia; parti del corpo umano; i sintomi, ferite e malattie; farmacia; istituzioni, procedure e cure di medicina ed esami medici, alla gravidanza e ostetricia. Hrvatski: Ovaj rjecnik sastoji se od preko 3000 medicinskih pojmova na hrvatskom, engleskom, francuskom, spanjolskom i talijanskom jeziku, prikazanih na jednostavan i razumljiv nacin koji obuhvaca orijentaciju u prostoru i vremenu; nesrece, katastrofe i pogibeljne situacije; dijelove ljudskog tijela; ozljede, simptome i bolesti; ljekarnistvo; medicinske ustanove, njegu i postupke; dijagnostiku te trudnocu i porodnistvo.
Author Biography
Edita Ciglenecki is medical translator with Academic degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Public Health Sciences. Besides Croatian, being her mother tongue, she is a holder of international diplomas in English, French and Italian language. For many years she worked as a medical professional inside the travel industry. This dictionary is the product of her own working experience built on her passion for traveling, medicine and language skills.
