Medical Terminology Simplified

MEDICAL RECORD ACTIVITY 7-2

DYSURIA WITH BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY

Terminology

Terms listed in the table below come from the medical report Dysuria with Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy that
follows. Use a medical dictionary such as Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary,the appendices of this book, or
other resources to define each term. Then practice reading the pronunciations aloud for each term.

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Term Definition

asymptomatic

ā-sĭmp-tō-MĂT-ĭk

auscultation

aws-kŭl-TĀ-shŭn

basal cell carcinoma

BĀ-săl SĔL kăr-sĭ-NŌ-mă

benign prostatic

hypertrophy

bē-NĪN prŏs-TĂT-ĭk

hī-PĔR-trŏ-fē

bruits

BRWĒZ

catheterization

kăth-ĕ-tĕr-ĭ-ZĀ-shŭn

hemorrhoid

HĔM-ō-royd

hydrocele

HĪ-drō-sēl

impotence

ĬM-pō-tĕns

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