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Mod F
Unit #3
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-plasty | surgical repair |
menarche | 1st menstrula period |
endo- | within |
metr/i | uterus |
dys- | difficult, painful |
an- | without |
-osis | disease |
phim/o | constrict |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
orch/o | testicle |
sperm/o | sperm |
orchid/o | testicle |
oophor/o | ovary |
olig/o | scanty |
metri/o | uterus |
-ism | state of |
hyster/o | uterus, womb |
men/o | menses |
mast/o | breast |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-um | thing |
-rrhagia | bursing forth |
mamm/o | breast |
crypt/o | hidden |
cryptorchidism | condition of undescended testilce (s) |
areola | the darker, pegmented, circular area surrounding the nipple of each breast |
myometrium | the muscular layer fo the wall of the uterus |
hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy | complete hysterectomy |
mammoplasty | surgical REAIR of the breast |
endometriosis | growth of tissue outside the endometrium |
anorchism | absence of one or both testicles |
amenorrhea | absence of menstrual flow |
impotence | the inability of a male to achieve or substain an erection |
oligospermia | low sperm count |
hyserectomy | surgical removal of the uterus |
orchidopexy | surgical fixation to move undescended testes into the scrotum |
dysmenorrhea | painful menstrual cycles |
vasectomy | surgical rmoval of the Vas Dferens for male sterilzation |
coitus | sexial intercourse |
BPH | Benign Prostatic Hyperplsia |
hypospadias | congeital defect in which the urethra opens on the underside of the penis |
masectomy | surgical REMOVAL of the breast |
puberty | period of life at which the ability to reproduce begins |
metrorrhagia | uterine bleeding at time other than the menstrual period |
phimosis | atightness of the foreskin of the penis that prevents it from being pulled back |
perineum | area between the vaginal orifice & anus in females and area between the testicles & anus |
Bartgholin's Gland | 2 small, mucus-secreting glands located at the entrance of the vagina |