Words you might hear at a doctor's office, said with confidence.
omeprazoleoh-MEP-ruh-zohl
Common acid-reflux medication.
acetaminophenuh-see-tuh-MIN-uh-fen
US name for paracetamol — five syllables.
gastroenterologygas-troh-en-tuh-ROL-uh-jee
Long but regular once broken into chunks.
anesthesiologistan-es-thee-zee-OL-uh-jist
The specialist who manages anesthesia.
pneumonianoo-MOHN-yuh
Silent P at the start.
psoriasissuh-RY-uh-sis
Silent P again — stress the second syllable.
ophthalmologistoff-thal-MOL-uh-jist
Eye doctor — the "phth" cluster is the trap.
diarrheady-uh-REE-uh
Four syllables, stress on the third.
hemorrhageHEM-rij
Compresses to two syllables in speech.
prognosisprog-NOH-sis
Stress the second syllable, not the first.
metastasismuh-TAS-tuh-sis
Stress the second syllable.
arrhythmiaay-RITH-mee-uh
Silent H — "a-rith-mia".
sphygmomanometersfig-moh-muh-NOM-uh-ter
The blood-pressure cuff — genuinely one of the hardest medical words.
otorhinolaryngologistoh-toh-ry-noh-lair-in-GOL-uh-jist
The formal name for an ENT doctor.
ibuprofeneye-byoo-PROH-fen
Not "eye-broh-fen" — four syllables.