Medical And Health Care Vocabulary List B

CC2040 English for Academic Studies (Health Care) Medical and Health Care Vocabulary List B Term 1 amniocentesis antibiotic 2

Pronunciation* amcnT-b-sen-tTcsis anctT-bU-otcik

3 aneurysm 4 antiemetic 5 antiseptic auscultation 6

ancyu-rizm anctT-_-metcik an-tT-sepctik aws-k\l-tQcsh\n

7

bronchoscopy

brong-kosck[-pT

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) 9 cataract catheter 10

karcdT-b-p\lcm[-ner-T rT-s\sci-tQcsh\n katc^-rakt kathc_-ter

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

cerebrovascular cholecystectomy cirrhosis coagulation conjunctiva electrocardiogram esophagus etiology fallopian tube

serc_-brb-vasckyu-l^r kbclT-sis-tekctb-mT sir-rbcsis kb-ag-yu-lQcsh\n kon-j\nk-tUcv^ T-lek-trb-karcdT-b-gram T-sofc^-g\s T-tT-olcb-jT f^-lbcpT-^n toob

fontalle (fontanel) gallbladder glaucoma hemiplegic hemorrhoid hypertension hypotension incubate

fonct^-nelc gawlcblad-er glaw-kbcm^ hem-T-plTcjik hemc[-royd hUcp_r-tencsh\n hUcpb-tencsh\n inckyu-bQt

intubate

inctoo-bQt

8

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 insulin 30 meninx, meninges mesentery 31

incs\-lin mTcninks, m_-nincjTz mescen-ter-T

32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

[-klooczh\n pal-pi-tQcsh\ns panckrT-as panckrT-^-tUctis par-^-plTcjT-^ pros-t^-tUctis kwahcdri-plTcjT-^ sfigcmb-m^-nomc_-ter stethcb-skbp yu-ri-nalci-sis

occlusion palpitations pancreas pancreatitis paraplegia prostatitis quadriplegia sphygmomanometer stethoscope urinalysis

Brief Explanation puncture in womb to withdraw embryo fluid sample substance, derived from micro-organism, used to treat infection caused by other micro-organisms balloon-like swelling (dilation) in wall of an artery related to preventing or arresting vomiting related to prevention of infection listening to sounds of various body structures and functions , usually with a stethoscope inspection of the interior of the trachea through a bronchoscope restoration of arrested heart and lung functions using external means opacity in the eye resulting in blurred vision a flexible tubular instrument to allow passage of fluid from or into a body cavity or blood vessel relating to the blood supply to the brain surgical removal of the gallbladder end stage liver disease changing from liquid to solid, especially blood membrane covering front of eyeball and part of lids graphic record of electric currents of the heart digestive canal between pharynx and stomach study of causes of disease either of a pair of tubes that conduct ova to the womb (uterine tube) an opening in the skull of a young infant or fetus sac underneath liver, where bile is formed loss of vision due to high pressure in the eye related to paralysis of one side of body painful swelling at the anus high blood pressure low blood pressure maintain a controlled environment to favor growth or development insert a tubular device into a canal, hollow organ, or cavity protein hormone for regulating sugar in the blood membranous coverings of brain and spinal cord double-layer of peritoneum (membrane) attached to abdominal wall closing or obstruction of a hollow organ or part pounding of the heart a compound gland behind the stomach inflammation of the pancreas paralysis of both lower extremities inflammation of prostate gland paralysis of all four limbs instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure instrument for listening to the sounds in the chest analysis of the urine

* Pronunciation quoted from: Dirckx, John H., editor, Stedman's Concise Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions, Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 4th Edition, 2001 William Tsang 2009