Medical Terminology Simplified

MEDICAL RECORD ACTIVITIES

The following medical reports reflect common, real-life clinical scenarios using medical terminology to document
patient care.

MEDICAL RECORD ACTIVITY 8-1

POSTMENOPAUSAL BLEEDING

Terminology

Terms listed in the table below come from the medical report Postmenopausal Bleeding 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

axilla

ăk-SĬL-ă

gravida 4

GRĂV-ĭ-dă

laparoscopy

lăp-ăr-ŎS-kō-pē

lesion

LĒ-zhŭn

metastases

mĕ-TĂS-tă-sēz

neoplastic

nē-ō-PLĂS-tĭk

para 4

PĂR-ă

postmenopausal

pōst-mĕn-ō-PAW-zăl

Premarin

PRĔM-ă-rĭn