Medical Terminology Simplified

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Medical Record Activities

Medical reports included in the following activities reflect common real-life clinical scenarios using medical termi-
nology to document patient care.

MEDICAL RECORD ACTIVITY 3-1

COMPOUND NEVUS

Terminology

Terms listed in the table below come from the medical report Compound Nevus 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 the pronunciations aloud for each term.

Term Definition

circumscribed

SĔR-kŭm-skrībd

crusting

KRŬST-ĭng

lesion

LĒ-zhŭn

melanoma

mĕl-ă-NŌ-mă

nevus

NĒ-vŭs

trauma

TRAW-mă

vermilion border

vĕr-MĬL-yŏn

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