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Serbian and Croatian–English
Medical Dictionary
by S.P. Djordjević, MA, PhD/abd
First edition, 2009, in book format only:
ISBN: 978-0-976448-00-6
Second edition, 2013, on CD only:
ISBN: 978-0-9764480-6-8
view Sample Entries
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Both editions of this dictionary are the most extensive of their kind in this language combination.
The second edition appears in the CD format only.
Compared to the 1st edition, this volume contains
- over 59,500 terms view Sample Entries
- 25,000 of which are main entries
- 34,500 are subentries
- Includes 2,137 abbreviations
- Includes 1,990 eponyms.
- Errors found in the first editions have been corrected
- Includes a significant number of proprietary drugs
- Latin terms included in many English definitions
- Proposed English translations for new and country-specific terms and abbreviations in Serbian and Croatian
- Extensive notes on the use of the dictionary.
The first edition contains over 52,000 medical entries:
- 24,000 main entries
- 28,000 subentries
- Includes 1,726 abbreviations Excerpt
- Includes 1,727 eponyms
- Includes a significant number of proprietary drugs
- Latin terms included in many English definitions
- Proposed English translations for new and country-specific terms and abbreviations in Serbian and Croatian
- Extensive notes on the use of the dictionary
Format of the files on the CD
The CD contains the following:
READ ME
General instructions for the use of the CD.
Introduction
- Bibliography
- Croatian, Serbian and Greek Alphabets
- Preface
- Notes on the Use of This Dictionary
- Symbols and Abbreviations Used
- How to Search PDF Files
Dictionary
Contains the alphabetical listing of the terms.
Bookmarks
The sections in the Book have been bookmarked to make searching for specific information and terms more efficient. These bookmarks open with the sections. Any word appearing in the sections may be searched.
Using the Dictionary.
You will find detailed directions for using the dictionary in the Introduction. Search options are explained.
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What colleagues are saying:
I was very pleased with the clarity of expression in all areas of medicine and very strongly recommend this new comprehensive medical dictionary to any professional working with medical publications in the Serbian and Croatian languages.
Paul Z. Pavlović, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine
Sacramento, California
Advances in medicine and related sciences are reflected in the new and changing medical lexicography, and this dictionary provides its users with important scientific and technical terminology found in current medical documentation and literature.
Zorica Plavšić, MD, PhD, MPH
Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy
Belgrade, Serbia
Read the complete The ATA Chronicle review.
First published in The ATA Chronicle, September 2010.
© Eric S. Bullington and American Translators Association.
Reprinted with permission.
Printable PDF Files
- A three-page PDF document of sample entries with explanations of dictionary features. view Sample Entries
- S.P. Djordjević's "Medical Translators and Medical Dictionaries"
This article is based on S.P. Djordjević's
presentation at the 46th Annual ATA Conference as the invited speaker of the Slavic Languages Division's
Susana Greiss Lecture.
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