13 - Chapter 4: Pronunciation (part 2)

euthyroid (u-THI-royd)

normal thyroid function

exophthalmos (ek-sof-THAL-mos)

protrusion of the eyeball (eyeball outside)

hemiglossectomy (hem-e-glos-SEK-to-me)

(surgical) removal of half the tongue

hyperglycemia (hi-per-gli-SE-me-ah)

excessive sugar in the blood

hyperplasia (hi-per-PLA-ze-ah)

excessive cell formation

hypertension (hi-per-TEN-shun)

high (excessive) blood pressure

hypertrophy (hi-PER-tro-fe)

excessive growth of cells

hypodermic injection (hi-po-DER-mik in-JEK-shun)

pertaining to injection under the skin

hypoglycemia (hi-po-gli-SE-me-ah)

deficient sugar in the blood

incision (in-SIZH-un)

process of cutting into

infracostal (in-fra-KOS-tal)

below (beneath) the ribs

insomniac (in-SOM-ne-ak)

person who has difficulty sleeping (not sleeping)

intercostal (in-ter-KOS-tal)

between the ribs

intravenous (in-trah-VE-nus)

within a vein

macrocephaly (mak-ro-SEH-fah-le)

abnormally large head

malaise (mah-LAYZ)

general feeling of discomfort

malignant (mah-LIG-nant)

cancerous; tending to be severe and spread

metacarpal bones (met-ah-KAR-pal bones)

five hand bones lie beyond the wrist bones

metamorphosis (met-ah-MOR-fuh-sis)

change in form (or structure)

metastasis (meh-TAS-tah-sis)

spread of cancer cells (beyond control)

microcephaly (mi-kro-SEH-fah-le)

abnormally small head

microscope (MI-kro-skope)

instrument to view small objects

neonatal (ne-o-NA-tal)

pertaining to a newborn

neoplasm (NE-o-plazm)

new growth, often a tumor

pancytopenia (pan-si-to-PE-ne-ah)

deficiency of all blood cells

paralysis (pah-RAL-ih-sis)

abnormal loss of movement

parathyroid glands (par-ah-THI-royd glanz)

glands beside the thyroid

percutaneous (per-ku-TA-ne-us)

through the skin

pericardium (per-ih-KAR-de-um)

membrane surrounding the heart

polymorphonuclear (pol-e-mor-fo-NU-kle-ar)

many-shaped nucleus

polyneuritis (pol-e-nu-RI-tis)

inflammation of many (multiple) nerves

postmortem (post-MOR-tem)

after death

postpartum (post-PAR-tum)

after birth

precancerous (pre-KAN-ser-us)

before cancer (develops)

prenatal (pre-NA-tal)

before birth

prodrome (PRO-drohm)

symptom before illness

prolapse (PRO-laps)

organ falling forward/downward

prosthesis (pros-THE-sis)

artificial replacement (artificial body part used to replace a missing one)

recombinant DNA (re-KOM-bih-nant DNA)

DNA formed by combining segments

relapse (RE-laps)

return of a disease