PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR
MEDICAL TERMS USED IN LESSON 3
MEDICAL TERM
Afebrile /a-feb'ril/
Macroscopic /mak"ro-skop'ik/
Anesthesia /an"es-the'ze-ah/
Macrocyte /mak'ro-sit/
Antepartum /an'te-par'tum/
Malodorous /mal-o der-es/
Antitoxin /an"ti-tok'sin/
Medial /me'de-al/
Anterolateral /an"ter-o-lat'er-al/
Megacolon /meg"ah-ko'lon/
Bilateral /bi-lat'er-al/
Melanoma /mel"ah-no'mah/
Bradycardia /brad"e-kar'de-ah/
Microcardia/mi"kro-kar'de-ah/
Cyanosis /si"ah-no'sis/
Microcyte /mi'kro-sit/
Dextrocardia /deks"tro-kar'de-ah/
Monocyte /mon'o-sit/
Dyspnea /disp'ne-ah/
Multipara /mul-tip'ah-rah/
Ectopic /ek-top'ik/
Nocturia /nok-ru're-ah/
Empyema /em"pi-e'mah/
Oliguria /ol"i gu're-ah/
Endometritis /en"do-me-tri'tis/
Panhysterectomy /pan"his-ter-ek'to-me/
Erythrocyte /e-rith'ro-sit/
Pericarditis /per"i-kar-di-tis/
Hemiplegia /hem"e-ple'je-ah/
Postoperative /post-op'er-a"tiv/
Hydrophobia /hi"dro-fo'be-ah/
Postnasal /post-na'zal/
Hyperemesis /hi"per-em'e-sis/
Polyneuritis /pol"e-nu-ri'tis/
Hypertension /hi"per-ten'shun/
Posterolateral /pos"ter-o-lat'er-al/
Hypodermic /hi"po-der'mik/
Preoperative /pre-op'er-a"tiv/
Hypotension /hi"po-ten'shun/
Quadriplegia /kwod"ri-ple' je-ah/
Intercostal /in"ter-kos'tal/
Retrocardial /ret"ro-kar'de-al/
Intra-abdominal /in"trah-ab-dom'i-nal/
Semiconscious /sem"e-kon'shus/
Leukocyte /lu'ko-sit/
Subcutaneous /sub"ku-ta'ne-us/
Levoversion /le"vo-ver'zhun/
Tachycardia /tak"e-kar'de-ah/
Tricuspid /tri-kus'pid/
MD0010
B-3