Edita Ciglenecki

Medical Dictionary for Travellers Edita Ciglenecki

This English-Croatian dictionary is created to serve to frequent travellers and tourists disposed to any kind of danger or health risk, and therefore in the need of medical assistance, while in some foreign speaking country. The audience for this dictionary also includes medical professionals working in multilingual environments, global health professionals in tourist areas, professionals in public health, humanitarian medicine, emergency disaster management and rescue teams. 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, this dictionary is a valuable tool for medical students on exchange programs and can serve as a basic medical dictionary for translators.