Monday, March 15, 2010

MedlinePlus medical dictionary audio pronunciations

Have you ever read a medical word and wondered how to pronounce it? Do your patients ask you for help pronouncing medical words? MedlinePlus can help!

The MedlinePlus medical dictionary http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html now includes audio pronunciations. Learn how to say words like ptosis http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/ptosis , Sjogren's http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/sjogren%27s and fibrillation http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/fibrillation . Search the medical dictionary on MedlinePlus. Then click on the red speaker icon next to your word to hear the pronunciation.

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