Rogers Dictionary

Rogers Dictionary provides the most accurate medical translations available! It is based on Dr. Rogers' physical print bilingual medical dictionary, which was first published in 1991, has gone through 4 editions, and is considered an authority on English and Spanish medical terminology translation.

Core Features:

• Translations for over 16,000 terms
• Bookmarks so you can save terms to study later
• Extensive Dialogue section covering a typical H&P and conversation related to nursing, pediatrics, dentistry, radiology, vaccination, and end-of-life

The Dictionary Covers:

• Any medical term likely to occur in a conversation between a health professional and a patient
• Technical terms sometimes used with patients (e.g., viral load, axillary lymph node status, glycemic index)
• Recently popularized terms (e.g., super-spreader, vaccine hesitancy, social distancing)
• The generic names for over 700 medications
• Phrases (e.g., short of breath, to grow out of, to run out)
• Terms which are not strictly medical but occur frequently in conversations with patients (e.g., safe, probably, copay, room, to recommend, to be due for)
• And more!

Translations Include:

• Parts of speech and irregular inflections
• Audio clips demonstrating proper pronunciation
• Regionalisms and slang
• Example phrases and editorial comments

Content has been vetted by:

• Consultation over the years with 30 physicians from 17 different countries and a bilingual linguist
• Frequency analyses on large databases, both technical and lay, broken down by region
• Feedback over 30 years on the past 4 print editions of the dictionary

Rogers Dictionary and all of its translations are completely free! The app does include ads that we use to recoup development and operations costs.

Beginners will use the app for vocabulary building and can profit from the extensive Dialogue section. More advanced speakers can use the app on the fly to find the right term needed to get a point across. Professional translators and interpreters will find the app sufficiently rigorous for the most demanding setting, whether for a government document or in the ICU.

High praise from a medical Spanish professional: “This bilingual medical dictionary is the most comprehensive and extensive I have encountered in my 40 years of teaching and authoring Medical Spanish textbooks. It incorporates all the latest terms, and all possible translations for each term, as well as variations from country to country. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would enthusiastically give it an 11!” —Joanna Ríos, PhD