内容简介
Aconvenientguidetotoday'smedicallanguageforeveryonefrompatientstomedicalprofessionalswhoneedtocommunicateinbothEnglishandSpanish.Includesmorethan12,000medicaltermsandphraseswithclear,conciseSpanish-EnglishandEnglish-Spanishdefinitions.Entriesincludenoungender,part-of-speech,andabbreviations.SpecialsectionsincludeSpanish-Englishsounds;weightsandmeasures,irregualrverbs;numbersandtemperature.Perfectforuseathome,work,school,inthecommunity,andinhealth-caresettings.
作者简介
Since1937.MerriamWebsterisAmerica'sforemostpublisheroflanguage-relatedreferenceworks.Thecompanypublishesadiversearrayofprintandelectronicproducts,includingMerriam-Webster'sCollegiate?Dictionary,EleventhEditionAmerica'sbest-sellingdeskdictionaryandWebster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionary,Unabridged.Merriam-WebstercanbeconsideredthedirectlexicographicalheirofNoahWebster.In1843,thecompanyboughttherightstothe1841editionofWebster'smagnumopus,AnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,CorrectedandEnlarged.Atthesametime,theysecuredtherightstocreaterevisededitionsofthework.Sincethattime,Merriam-WebstereditorshavecarriedforwardNoahWebster'swork,creatingsomeofthemostwidelyusedandrespecteddictionariesandreferencebooksintheworld.