Pathology Medical Terminology: A Simple Reference Guide (English & Spanish)

A clear, practical, and bilingual pathology reference for today’s healthcare professionals and students. Pathology plays a central role in diagnosis and clinical decision-making — from understanding disease processes to interpreting laboratory results and explaining procedures to patients. Medical Terminology Guide: Pathology Edition was created to support nurses, nursing students, physicians, medical assistants, interpreters, laboratory personnel, and allied health workers who interact with Spanish-speaking patients across clinical and laboratory settings. This guide includes 200+ essential pathology-related terms and patient communication phrases presented in a clean, modern, easy-to-read format. Each entry features the English term, its Spanish equivalent, and a simple phonetic pronunciation to help non-Spanish-speaking staff communicate with greater clarity and confidence. Whether you’re discussing symptoms such as unexplained weight loss, persistent fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, abnormal bleeding, or chronic infections — or explaining diagnostic procedures like biopsies, cytology, blood tests, pathology reports, and laboratory studies — this guide keeps the critical vocabulary you need accessible and practical for real-world use.