This document provides resources on pronunciation for medical English terms, including phonetics symbols for consonants and vowels. It includes lists of medical terms with phonetic pronunciations as an exercise. Resources listed are books, audio CDs and cassettes that pair medical terminology with audio pronunciations to aid learning. The document emphasizes that online dictionaries allow listening to pronunciations, while paper dictionaries provide definitions in context.

1. Pronunciation
for
Medical English
Grzegorz Chodkowski (MD)
Riga, Radisson SAS
2009

2. A challenge?
sciatica tourniquet
palsy anaesthetist
urticaria foetus
fovea mitral
psoriasis lichen
Echinococcus tooth-decay
gangrene lumbago
impetigo faeces

3. Medicines
paracetamol Clexane ®
morphine Lasix ®
diazepam Betaloc ®
sulphonylurea Innovace ®
gentamicin Tritace ®
ibuprofen Plavix ®
furosemide Flagyl ®
bendroflumethiazid Zinacef ®
digoxin Gaviscon ®
beclometasone Movicol ®
cefuroxime Co-dydramol

4. Pronunciation
On-line dictionaries Paper dictionaries
- free - easier accessible
- possibility to listen - put in context

5. Pronunciation: Phonetics Symbols
Consonants
p pen, copy, happen s soon, cease, sister
b back, baby, job z zero, music, roses, buzz
t tea, tight, button ʃ ship, sure, national
d day, ladder, odd ʒ pleasure, vision
k key, clock, school h hot, whole, ahead
g get, giggle, ghost m more, hammer, sum
ʃ
tʃ church, match, nature n nice, know, funny, sun
ʒ
dʒ judge, age, soldier ŋ ring, anger, thanks, sung
f fat, coffee, rough, photo l light, valley, feel
v view, heavy, move r right, wrong, sorry, arrange
Θ thing, author, path j yet, use, beauty, few
ð this, other, smooth w wet, one, when, queen

6. Pronunciation: Phonetics Symbols
Vowels
ɪ kit, bid, hymn, minute ɪə near, here, weary
e dress, bed, head, many ə
eə square. fair, various
æ trap, bad ɑː start, father
ɒ lot, odd, wash ɔː thought, law, north, war
ʌ strut, mud, love, blood ʊə poor, jury, cure
ʊ foot, good, put ɜː nurse, stir, learn, refer
ː
iː fleece, sea, machine ə about, common, standard
ɪ
eɪ face, day, break i happy, radiate. glorious
ɪ
aɪ price, high, try u thank you, influence, situation
ɔɪ choice, boy
ː
uː goose, two, blue, group
əʊ goat, show, no
ʊ
aʊ mouth, now

7. Pronunication Exercise
[ ´stretȓǩ ]
stretȓǩ [ ´vi:nǩs ]
vi:nǩ [ ´doʊsidʒ ]
doʊsid
[ ´juǩri:θraitis ]
juǩri: raitis [ ´fræktȓǩ ]
fræktȓǩ [ fli´baitis ]
[ ´stilbǩ:θ ]
stilbǩ [ ´dʒɔ:ndis ] [ ´wɔ:d ]
[ ´Ȝlsǩ ]
lsǩ [ ´leibǩ ]
leibǩ [ ´væksi:n ]
trǩ ki
kiǩ
[ trǩ´kiǩ ] [ mi´tæstǩsis ]
stǩ [ ´swetiŋ ]
swetiŋ
[ gɔ:z ]
gɔ [ ´dɔktǩ ] [ ´sjuːtȓǩ ]
sju
[ dʒi:n ] [´trɔ:mǩ ]
trɔ
tr [ ǩ´njʊǩrizm ]
njʊ
nj

9. naviculare [ nə´vikjulə ]
lunate [ ´luneit ]
pisiform [ ´pajziˏfo:m ]
triquetrum [ trai ´kwetrəm ]

10. Resources
Medical Pronunciation Multimedia
Comprehensive medical terminology [Book & Audio CD]. R123 .J678 2003
Essentials of medical terminology [Book & Audio CD]. R123 .D28 2002
Glencoe basic medical terminology [Book & Audio cassette]. R123 .F515 1999
Medical terminology [Audio cassette]. R123 .S61
Medical terminology [Audio CD]. R123 .W4725 2003 disc.1&2
Medical terminology: A systems approach [Book & Audio cassette]. R123 .G94 1995
Medical terminology: An illustrated guide [Book & Audio CD]. R123 .C56 2004
Medical terminology for health professions [Book, Audio CD & CDROM]. R123 .E36 2005
Medical terminology simplified: A programmed learning approach by body systems [Book & Audio CD]
R123 .G945 2005
Professional series: Medical terminology for nurses pronounced [Book & Audio cassette]. R123 .P745 2001
Textbook of basic nursing [Book & CDROM]. RT62 .T49 2003

21. Thank You!
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