General Rules:
- Abbreviations: Put a hyphen (e.g., AIP = A-I-P).
- Part A: Use strictly these phonetics.
Word List:
- acute interstitial pneumonia: acute inta-stishal pneumonia
- adenopathy: add-dahh-nohh-pathee
- air bronchograms: air broncograms
- alveolar: al-vee-ohla
- alveoli: al-vee-oh-lye
- amiodarone: Am-ee-oh-DA-rone
- ANCA: ann-ka
- aneurysm: aneurysm
- annulus: annulus
- aorta: aorta
- aortopathy: ayy-or topathee
- apical: A-pickle
- apices: aypa-seize
- architectural distortion: -ar-key-textural dis-tore-shin
- arterio-venous malformation: arterio- venous malformation
- ascending: Aortic Aneurysm
- aspergilloma: asperjilloma
- aspiration pneumonitis: aspiration noo-mma-nigh-tiss
- atelectasis: A-tah-lECK-ta-sis
- autoimmune: aw-toe-imm-YOON
- azygous – azzah-ggiss
- BAL: B-A-L
- basal: bayzill
- bilateral: bye-lateral
- Birt Hogg Dube: Bert -Hogg – Doo-bay
- brachiocephalic: brachiocephalic
- bronchi: bronnkye
- bronchial: BRONkey-al
- Bronchiectasis: bronkey-eck-tah-sis
- bronchograms: broncograms
- bronchopneumonia: broncopneumonia
- broncho-vascular: bronko–vascular
- bronchus: bronn-cuss
- capillaries: kahh-pilla-reeeze
- cardiomyopathy: cardio-my-opathy
- causal: core-zill
- consolidation: con-so-la-dayshin
- crazy paving: crazy paving
- creatine: cree-atta-neen
- desquamative: des-kwa-maytive
- diffuse alveolar damage: diffuse al-vee-oh-la damage
- edema: uh-DEE-mah
- emboli: em-bahh-lie
- emphysema: em-fih-SEE-mah
- empyema: em-pie-eema
- eosinophil: ee-oh-sin-oh-fill
- eosinophilic: ee-oh-sin-oh-fillic
- eosinophils: ee-oh-sin-oh-fills
- fibrotic: fye-brot-ick
- focal: fowcal
- geometric: Jee-ometric
- granulomatous: gran-you-low-matous
- hemoptysis: heemop-tuhh-sis
- hepatopulmonary syndrome: hepatopulmonary syndrome
- hereditary telangiectasia: hereditary telangiectasia
- hilar: hi-luhh
- hyperlucency hyperlucency
- hypersensitivity: high-per-sense-ih-TIV-ih-tee
- idiopathic: iddy-oh-PATH-ick
- imaging: imma-jing
- induced: induced
- interstitial: in-ter-STISH-ahl
- interstitium: inta-stisheeyum
- ischemia: E-sKEE-mee-ah
- lymphangitic carcinomatosis: lymph-fan-jjittick carcinomatosis
- lymphangitis: lymph-fan-dgee-itis
- macrophages: macro-fay-jizz
- mediastinal: mee-deeya -sty-ah-nal
- mucoid: mew–coyd
- multicentric: multicentric
- myeloma: myaloma
- necrosis: nnaa-crosis
- opacities: opasit-tees
- opacity: opacity
- Osler-Weber-Rendu: Osler-Weber-Rendu
- osteophyte: osteo-fight
- parenchyma: lung tissue
- parenchymal: lung tissue
- plaques: plax
- platypnea: platty-pneeah
- pneumonia: noo-moania
- pneumonitis: noo-mma-nigh-tiss
- pseudoaneurysm: pseudo-aneurysm
- respiratory failure: res-pie-rahh-tory failure
- rheumatoid: roo-ma-toid
- sarcoidosis: sarcoidosis
- sclerosis: skler-OH-sis
- shadows: opacities
- sinotubular junction: sigh-noTubular junction
- steroids: steroids
- thoracic aorta: thoracic aorta
- tortuosity: tortuosity
- tortuous: tortuos
- toxic: toxic
- trachea: tray-keee-yahh
- vasculitis: vass-cue-LYE-tiss (or vas-que-litis)