the second
If a medical term has three syllables, the stress is typically on the second syllable. This is common in many medical terms derived from Latin or Greek. For example, in the term "hypertension," the stress is on the second syllable: "ten." However, there can be exceptions depending on the specific term.
The accented syllable in the term "diastole" is the second syllable, pronounced as "as." Therefore, it is pronounced as di-AS-to-le. This emphasis on the second syllable is consistent in both medical and general uses of the term.
The first syllable is accented: sym'·bi·o·sis.
The syndrome of binge eating and intentional vomiting is known as bulimia nervousa. Unlike anorexia nervosa, patients with bulimia nervosa may have a normal weight.
The first syllable.
The accented syllable in the six syllable word, endocrinology, is the 4th syllable, ol.
The second syllable is accented.
The second syllable is accented.
The accented syllable in the term "ophthalmoscope" is the third syllable: "thal." Thus, the word is pronounced as "of-THAL-mo-scope." The emphasis on this syllable distinguishes it in speech.
The medical term for abnormal appetite is "appetite disturbance" or "eating disorder." This can encompass a variety of conditions, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and hyperphagia, which involve either an increased or decreased desire for food. These disturbances may be associated with psychological, physiological, or metabolic factors.
The term Bulimia Nervosa is used to describe someone who will go on a binge and eat a lot of food, as many as 20,000 calories, and then purges it from their system by vomiting or using a laxative or ipacac syrup.
Academic bulimia is a collective term for information specifically learned and memorized on test day in order to be purged and never remembered again from that moment on.