Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS):(CMS Number CMS-P-0015A)

Created 07/28/01

MEDICARE CURRENT BENEFICIARY SURVEY

NATIONAL STUDY - COMMUNITY COMPONENT

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

The pronunciation of certain words within the questionnaire has been provided for your
reference. The words are listed in alphabetical order below.
Alzheimer's disease

(ahlts hy-merz dis-ease)

angina pectoris

(an-gy na pec toe ris)

antigen

(an-ti-jen)

aortic stenosis

(a-or-tik ste-no-sis)

arteriosclerosis

(ar-tee ri-oh-sclee-roe sis)

arthritis

(ar-thry tis)

asthma

(az mah)

atrial fibrillation

(a-tree-al fi-bri-la-shun)

benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)

(bi-nyn pro-sta-tik hy-per-tro-fee)

cardiopulmonary

(car dee-oh-pul moh-nar-y)

cataract

(kat ah-rakt)

cerebrovascular

(cer e-bro-vas cue-lahr)

colonoscopy

(ko-la-nas-ko-pee)

colorectal

(ko-la-rek-tal)

coronary

(core oh-nary)

dementia

(dee-men shia)

diabetes

(di ah-bee teez)

emphysema

(em-phy-see ma)

hemoglobin

(he-ma-glo-bin)

hemorrhage

(hem or-rage)

hypertension

(hi per-ten shun)

hysterectomy

(hys-ter-ec toe-me)

malignancy

(ma-lig nan-cee)

mammogram

(mam o-gram)

myocardial infarction

(my-oh-kar dee-ahl in-fark-shun)

osteoarthritis

(ahs tee-oh-ar-thry-tis)

osteoporosis

(ahs tee-oh-poe-roe-sis)

paralysis

(pa-ral y-sis)

Parkinson's disease

(par kin-sons dis-ease)

pneumonia

(new-moh nee-ah)

psychiatric

(sye-kee-at ric)

pulmonary

(pul-ma-ner-ee)

rheumatoid

(roo mah-toid)

sigmoidoscopy

(sig-moi-das-ka-pee)