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Mod F Unit 3 Words Thompson Institute hbg
Unit 3 Term Words | meaning |
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-plasty | surgical repair |
menarche | 1st menstrual period |
endo | within |
metr/i | uterus |
dys | difficult,painful |
an- | without |
-osis | disease |
phimo | constrict |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
salping/o | fallopian tube |
rrhea | flow, discharge |
orch/o | testicle |
sperm/o | sperm |
orchid/o | testicle |
a- | without |
metr/o | uterus |
vas/o | vessel, vas deferens |
orchi/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 | bursting forth |
mamm/o | breast |
crypt/o | hidden |
cryptorchidism | condition of undescended testicle(s) |
areola | the darker,pigmented,circular area surrounding the nipple of each breast |
myometrium | the muscular layer of the wall of the uterus |
hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy | complete hysterectomy |
mammoplasty | surgical REPAIR 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 |
hysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus |
orchidopexy | surgical fixation to move undescended testes into the scrotum |
dysmenorrhea | painful menstrual cycles |
vasectomy | surgical removal of the Vas Deferens for male sterilization |
coitus | sexual intercourse |
BPH | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia |
hypospadias | congenital defect in which the urethra opens on the underside of the penis |
mastectomy | surgical REMOVAL of the breast |
puberty | period of life at which the ability to reproduce begins |
metrorrhagia | uterine bleeding at times other than the menstrual period |
phimosis | a tightness 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 |
Bartholin's Gland | 2 small,mucus- secreting glands located at the entrance of the vagina |