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MED TERM LINK 5.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANGI O | VESSEL |
| ANGIOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF A VESSEL |
| AORT O | AORTA |
| AORTIC STENOSIS | NARROWING OF AORTA |
| ARTERI O | ARTERY |
| ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | HARDENING OF ARTERIES |
| ARTERIOL O | ARTERIOLE |
| ARTERIOLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF SMALL ARTERIES |
| CARDI O | HEART |
| CARDIOMYOPATHY | DISEASE OF HEART MUSCLE |
| CORON O | HEART |
| CORONARY ARTERIES | BLOOD VESSELS THAT CARRY OXYGEN RICH BLOOD FROM THE AORTA TO THE HEART MUSCLE |
| PHLEB O | VEIN |
| PHLEBOTOMY | INCISION OF A VEIN |
| VEN O | VEIN |
| INTRAVENOUS | PERTAINING TO WITHIN A VEIN |
| VENUL O | VENULE |
| VENULITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A SMALL VEIN |
| ANEURYSM | LOCAL WIDENING OF AN ARTERY CAUSED BY WEAKNESS IN THE ARTERIAL WALL OR BREAKDOWN OF THE WALL FROM ATHHEROSCLEROSIS |
| ANGINA | CHEST PAIN CAUSED BY DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO THE HEART MUSCLE. ALSO CALLED ANGINA PECTORIS. |
| ARRHYTHMIA | ABNORMAL HEARTBEAT RHYTHM FIBRILLATION AND FLUTTER ARE EXAMPLES |
| ATHEROSCLEROSIS | HARDENING OF ARTERIES WITH A COLLECTION OF CHOLESTEROL LIKE PLAQUE |
| CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | INABILITY OF THE HEART TO PUMP ITS REQUIRED AMOUNT OF BLOOD.BLOOD ACCUMULATES IN THE LUNGS CAUSING PULMONARY EDEMA |
| HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE IN SECONDARY HYPERTENSION ANOTHER ILLNESS KIDNEY DISEASE OR AN ADREAL GLAND DISORDER IS THE CAUSE OF THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | HEART ATTACK AN INFARCTIONIS AN AREA OF DEAD NECROTIC TISSUE |
| SHOCK | A GROUP OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS PALENESS OF SKIN WEAK AND RAPID PULSE SHALLOW BREATHING INDICATIONG POOR OXYGEN SUPPLY TO TISSUES AND INSUFFICIENT RETURN OF BLOOD TO THE HEART |
| CARDIOVERSION | BRIEF DISCHARGES OF ELECTRICITY PASSING ACROSS THE CHEST TO STOP A CARDIC ARRHYTHMIA ALSO CALLED DEFIBRILLATION |
| CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING CABG | VESSELS TAKEN FROM THE PATIENTS LEGS OR CHEST ARE CONNECTED TO CORONARY ARTEIRES TO MAKE DETOURS AROUND BLOCKAGES |
| ENDARTERECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE INNERMOST LINING OF AN ARTERY TO REMOVE FATTY DEPOSITS AND CLOTS |
| HEART TRANSPLANTATION | A DONOR HEART IS TRANSFERRED TO A RECIPIENT |
| PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION PCI | A BALLOON TIPPED CATHETER A FLEXIBLE TUBULAR INSTRUMENT IS THREADED INTO A CORONARY ARTERY TO COMPRESS FATTY DEPOSITS AND OPEN THE ARTERY STENTS EXPANDABLE SLOTTED TUBES CREATE WIDER OPENINGS THAT MAKE THE RECURRENCE OF BLOCKAGE LESS LIKELY |
| THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY | DRUGS SUCH AS TPA TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR AND STREPOKINASE ARE INJECTED INTO A PATIENTS BLOODSTREAM TO DISSOLVE CLOTS THAT MAY CAUSE A HEART ATTACK |
| ACS | ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES DISEASE CHANGES IN CORONARY ARTERIES LEADING TO PLAQUE CLOT FORMATION AND HEART ATTACK OR OTHER HEART PROBLEMS |
| AMI | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION HEART ATTACK |
| BP | BLOOD PRESSURE |
| CABG | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING SURGICAL PLACEMENT OF VESSELS EITHER VEIN OR ARTERY TO DETOUR BLOCKED CORONARY ARTERIES |
| CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
| CCU | CORONARY CARE UNIT |
| CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE HEART IS UNABLE TO PUMP ITS REQUIRED AMOUNT OF BLOOD |
| ECG | ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY |
| ECHO | ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
| HTN | HYPERTENSION HIIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| PCI | PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION PLACEMENT OF A CATHETER AND STENT IN A CORONARY ARTERY TO OPEN THE ARTERY |
| AN O | ANUS |
| ANAL | PERTAINING TO THE ANUS |
| APPEND O | APPENDIX |
| APPENDECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE APPENDIX |
| APPENDIC O | APPENDIX |
| APPENDICITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE APPENDIX |
| CHOLECYST O | GALLBLADDER |
| CHOLECYSTECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE GALLBLADDER |
| COL O | COLON |
| COLOSTOMY | OPENING OF THE COLON TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY |
| COLON O | COLON |
| COLONOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE COLON |
| DUODEN O | DUODENUM |
| DUODENAL | PERTAINING TO THE DUODENUM |
| ESOPHAG O | ESOPHAGUS |
| ESOPHAGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE ESOPHAGUS |
| GASTR O | STOMACH |
| GASTRALGIA | STOMACH |
| HEPAT O | LIVER |
| HEPATOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER |
| ILE O | ILEUM |
| ILEOSTOMY | NEW OPENING OF THE ILEUM THIRD PART OF THE INTESTINE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY |
| JEJUN O | JEJUNUM |
| GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY | NEW SURGICAL OPENING BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND THE JEJUNUM SECOND PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE THIS IS PROCEDURE IS AN ANASTOMOSIS |
| OR O | MOUTH |
| ORAL | PERTAINING TO THE MOUTH |
| PANCREAT O | PANCREAS |
| PANCREATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS |
| PHARYNG O | PHARYNX |
| PHARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE PHARYNX |
| PROCT O | ANUS AND RECTUM |
| PROCTOSCOPY | INSPECTION OF THE ANUS AND RECTUM WITH A PROCTOSCOPE |
| RECT O | RECTUM |
| RECTOCELE | HERINA OF THE RECTUM INTO THE VAGINA |
| SIGMOID O | SIGMOID COLON |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPY | S-SHAPED LOWER PORTION OF THE COLON |
| STOMAT O | MOUTH |
| STOMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH |
| CHOLELITHIASIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF GALLSTONES |
| CIRRHOSIS | CHRONIC DISEASE OF THE LIVER WITH DEGENERATION OF LIVER CELLS |
| COLONIC POLYPOSIS | CONDITION IN WHICH POLYPS PROTRUDE FROM THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE LINING THE COLON |
| DIVERTICULOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF SMALL POUCHES OR SACS DIVERTICULA IN THE WALL OF THE INTESTINE OFTEN THE COLON DIVERTICULITIS IS INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION WITHIN DIVERTICULA |
| GASTROESPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE GERD | A CONDITION IN WHICH CONTENTS OF THE STOMACH FLOW BACK INTO THE ESOPHAGUS |
| HEPAITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER |
| INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE | INFLAMMATION OF THE TERMONAL LAST PORTION OF THE ILEUM CROHN DISEASE OR INFLAMMTION OF THE COLON ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME | SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ARE CRAMPING ABDOMINAL BLOATING CONSTIPATION AND DIRRHEA ALTHOUGH IBS CAUSES DISTRESSING SYMPTOMS IT DOES NOT PERMANENTLY HARM THE INTESTINE |
| HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA | CANCER PRIMARY OF THE LIVER |
| JAUNDICE | YELLOW ORANGE COLORATION OF THE SKIN AND OTHER TISSUES FROM HIGH LEVELS OF BILIRUBIN IN THE BLOODSTREAM HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA |
| ANASTOMOSIS | SURGICAL CREATION OF AN OPENING BETWEEN TWO GASTROIONTESTINAL ORGANS EXAMPLES ARE GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY CHOLECYSTOJEJUNOSTOMY AND CHOLEDOCHODUODENOSTOMY MEANS COMMON BILE DUCT |
| COLOSTOMY | SURGICAL CREATION OF A NEW OPENING OF THE COLON TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY |
| ILEOSTOMY | SURGICAL CREATION OF A NEW OPENING OF ILEUM TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY |
| LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY | REMOVAL OF ORGANS OR TISSUES VIA A LAPARSCOPE INSTRUMENT INSERTED INTO THE ABDOMEN THROUGH A SMALL INCISION EXAMPLES ARE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY A FORM OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY |
| ALT,AST | ALANINE TRANSMINASE AND ASPARTATE TRANSMINASE LIVER ENZYMES MEASURED AS PART OF LFTS |
| BE | BARIUM ENEMA BARIUM A CONTRAST AGENT IS INTRODUCED THROUGH THE RECTUM AND XRAY PICTURES OF THE COLON ARE TAKEN |
| GB | GALLBLADDER |
| GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
| GI | GASTROINTESTTINAL |
| IBD | INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE CROHN DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| IBS | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME |
| LFTS | LIVER FUNCTION TESTS ALT,AST BILIRUBIN |
| NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH NIL PER OS |
| TPN | TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION INTRAVENOUS SOLUTIONS ARE GIVEN TO MAINTAIN NUTRITION |
| ADREN O | ADRENAL GLAND |
| ADRENALOPATHY | DISEASE OF THE ADRENAL GLAND |
| ADRENAL O | ADRENAL GLAND |
| ADRENALECTOMY | REMOVAL EXCISION OF ADRENAL GLAND |
| HYPOPHYS O | PITUITARY GLAND |
| HYPOPHYSEAL | PERTAINING TO THE PITUITARY GLAND |
| OOPHOR O | OVARY |
| OOPHORITIS | INFLAMMATION OF AN OVARY |
| OVARI O | OVARY |
| OVARIAN CYST | SAC CONTAINING FLUID OR SEMISOLID MATERIAL IN OR ON THE OVARY |
| ORCHI O | TESTIS |
| ORCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A TESTICLE |
| ORCHI O | TESTIS |
| ORCHID O | TESTIS |
| ORCHIOPEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF THE TESTICLE INTO ITS PROPER LOCATION WITHIN THE SCROTUM THIS SURGERY CORRECTS CRYTORCHISM |
| ORCHID O | TESTIS |
| ORCHIDECTOMY | REMOVAL OF A TESTICLE OR TESTICLES |
| PANCREAT O | PANCREAS |
| PANCREATECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE PANCREAS |
| PARATHYROID O | PARATHYROID GLAND |
| HYPERPARATHYROIDISM | HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVELS OF PARATHYROID HORMONE IN THE BLOOD |
| PITUITAR O | PITUITARY GLAND |
| HYPOPITUITARISM | DECREASE OR STOPPAGE OF HORMONE SERECTION IN THE PITUITARY GLAND |
| THYM O | THYMUS GLAND |
| THYMONA | TUMOR OF THE THYMUS GLAND |
| THYROADEN O | THYROID GLAND |
| THYROADENITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE THYROID GLAND |
| THYROID O | THYROID GLAND |
| THYROIDECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE THYROID GLAND |
| ACROMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF EXTREMITIES CAUSED BY HYPERSECRECTION FROM THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE PITUITARY GLAND AFTER PUBERTY |
| CUSHING SYNDROME | A GROUP OF CLINICAL FEATURES PRODUCED BY EXCESS SECRECTION OF CORTISOL FROM THE ADREAL CORTEX THESE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS INCLUDE OBSITY MOONLIKE FACIES FULLNESS OF THE FACE HYPERGLYCEMIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS |
| DIABETES MELLITUS | A DISORDER OF THE PANCREAS |
| GOITER | ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID GLAND |
| HYPERTHYROIDISM | OVERACTIVITY OF THE THYROID GLAND ALSO CALLED GRAVES DISEASE OR EXOPHTHALMIC EYEBALLS BULGE OUTWARD GOITER |
| DM | DIABETES MELLITUS |
| GH | GROWTH HORMONE SECRECTED BY THE PITUITARY GLAND |
| GTT | GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST MEASURES THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO A GLUCOSE LOAD TEST FOR DIABETES MELLITUS |
| K+ | POTASSIUM AN ELECTROLYTE |
| NA+ | SODIUM AN ELECTROLYTE |
| T3 | TRIIODOTHYRONINE HORMONE FROM THE THYROID GLAND |
| T4 | THYROXINE HORMONE FROM THE THYROID GLAND |
| CERVIC O | CERVIX |
| CERVICAL | PERTAINING TO THE NECK OF THE BODY OR THE NECK OF THE UTERUS |
| COLP O | VAGINA |
| COLPOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE VAGINA AND CERVIX |
| VAGIN O | VAGINA |
| VAGINITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE VAGINA |
| HYSTER O | UTERUS |
| HYSTERECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE UTERUS EITHER THROUGH THE ABDOMINAL WALL OR THROUGH THE VAGINA |
| MAMM O | BREAST |
| MAMMOGRAM | XRAY RECORD OF THE BREAST |
| MAST O | BREAST |
| MASTECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE BREAST |
| METRI O | UTERUS |
| ENDOMETRIUM | INNER LINING OF THE UTERUS |
| UTER O | UTERUS |
| UTERINE | PERTAINING TO THE UTERUS |
| O O | EGG |
| OOCYTE | EGG CELL |
| OOPHOR O | OVARY |
| OOPHORECTOMY | REMOVAL OF AN OVARY OR OVARIES |
| OVARI O | OVARY |
| OVARIAN CANCER | MALIGNANT CONDITION OF THE OVARIES |
| SALPING O | FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| SALPINGECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| AMENORRHEA | ABSENCE OF MENSTRUAL FLOW |
| DYSMENORRHEA | PAINFUL MENSTRUAL FLOW |
| ECTOPIC PREGNANCY | PREGNANCY THAT IS NOT IN THE UTERUS USUALLY OCCURING IN A FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| ENDOMETRIOSIS | TISSUE FROM THE INNER LINING OF THE UTERUS ENDOMETRIUM OCCURS ABNORMALLY IN OTHER PELVIC OR ABNOMINAL LOCATIONS |
| FIBROIDS | BENIGN TUMORS IN THE UTERUS ALSO CALLED LEIOMYOMA |
| MENORRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE OF BLOOD FROM THE UTERUS DURING MENSTRUATION |
| PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE | INFLAMMATION IN THE REGION OF THE PELVIS |
| CAUTERIZATION | THE USE OF HEAT TO DESTROY ABNORMAL TISSUE SUCH AS CAN OCCUR FOR EXAMPLE IN THE LINING OF THE CERVIX |
| CRYOSURGERY | THE USE OF COLD TEMPERATURES LIQUID NITROGEN TO FREEZE AND DESTROY TISSUE |
| DIALTION AND CURETTAGE | WIDENING OF THE OPENING OF THE CERVIXAND SCRAPING OF THE LINING OF THE UTERUS TO REMOVE TISSUE AND STOP PROLONGED OR HEAVY UTERINE BLEEDING |
| HYSTERECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE UTERUS EITHER THROUGH THE ABDOMINAL WALL OR THROUGH THE VAGINA |
| MYOMECTOMY | THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF FIBROID TISSUE FROM THE UTERUS |
| UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION | MAY BE USED INSTEAD TO SHRINK THE FIBROIDS TINY PELLETS ARE INJECTED INTO THE UTERINE ARTERY THE PELLETS ACT AS EMBOLI TO BLOCK BLOOD FLOW TO FIBROUS TISSUE |
| TUBAL LIGATION | PROCEDURE IN WHICH BOTH FALLIPIAN TUBES ARE LIGATED IN TWO PLACES WITH SUTURES AND THE INTERVENING SEGMENT IS BURNED OR REMOVED THIS PREVENTS PREGNANCY |
| CS | CESAREAN SECTION REMOVAL OF THE FETUS THROUGH AN INCISION OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL |
| D AND C | DILATION AND CURETTAGE |
| DUB | DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING NOT ASSOCIATED WITH MENSTRATION |
| GYN | GYNECOLOGY |
| HRT | HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY POSTMENOPAUSAL ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE |
| IVF | IN VITRO FERTILIZATION EGG AND SPREM ARE COMBINED OUTSIDE THE BODY IN A LAB CONTAINER AND FERTILIZED EGGS ARE INJECTED INTO THE UTERUS FOR PREGNANCY |
| OB | OBSTETRICS LABOR AND DELIVERY OF A FETUS |
| PID | PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE SALPINGITIS OOPHORITIS ENDOMETRITIS LEADING CAUSES ARE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE |
| TAH-BSO | TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPING-OOPHORECTOMY ENIRE UTERUS AND BOTH FALLOPIAN TUBES AND OVARIES ARE REMOVED |
| LYMPH O | LYMPH FLUID |
| LYMPHOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF LYPHATIC TISSUE |
| LYMPHADEN O | LYMPH NODE GLAND |
| LYMPHADENECTOMY | REMOVAL OF LYMPH NODES |
| LYMPHADENOPATHY | DISEASE OF LYMPH NODES |
| LYMPHANGI O | LYMPH VESSEL |
| LYMPHANGIECTASIS | DILATION OF SMALL LYMPH VESSELS OFTEN RESULTING FROM OBSTRUCTION IN LARGE LYMPH VESSELS |
| SPLEN O | SPLEEN |
| SPLENOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN |
| THYM O | THYMUS GLAND |
| THYMOMA | TUMOR OF THE THYMUS GLAND |
| ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME | SUPPRESSION OR DEFICIENCY OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS |
| LYMPHOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF LYMPH NODES AND LYMPHATIC TISSUE HODGKIN DISEASE IS AN EXAMPLE OF LYMPHOMA |
| MONONUCLEOSIS | ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASE WITH ENLARGEMENT OF LYMPH NODES AND INCREASED NUMBERS OF LYMPHOCYTES AND MONOCYTES IN THE BLOODSTREAM |
| SARCOIDOSIS | INFLAMMATORY DISEASE IN WHICH SMALL NODULES OR TUBERCLES FORM IN LYMPH NODES AND OTHER ORGANS SARC O MEANS FLESH AND OID MEANS RESEMBLING |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH POWERFUL DRUGS TO KILL CANCER CELLS |
| RADIOTHERAPY RADIATION THERAPY | TREATMENT WITH HIGH DOSE RADIATION TO DESTROY MALIGNANT LESIONS IN THE BODY |
| AIDS | ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME |
| ELISA | ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY TEST TO DETECT ANTI HIV ANTIBODIES |
| HAART | HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY FOR AIDS |
| HD | HODGKIN DISEASE |
| HIV | HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENY VIRUS |
| IGA IGD IGE IGG IGM | IMMUNOGLOBULINS ANTIBODIES |
| MAC | MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX |
| PCP | PNEUMOCYSTIS |
| BALAN O | PENIS |
| BALANITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PENIS |
| ORCH O | TESTIS |
| ORCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TESTIS |
| ORCHI O | TESTIS |
| ORCHIECTOMY | REMOVAL OF A TESTICLE OR TESTICLES |
| ORCHID O | TESTIS |
| ORCHIDECTOMY | REMOVAL OF A TESTICLE OR TESTICLES |
| PRSTAT O | PROSTATE GLAND |
| PROSTATECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE PROSTATE GLAND |
| SCROT O | SCROTUM |
| SCROTAL | PERTAINING TO THE SCROTUM |
| URETHR O | URETHRA |
| URETHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE URETHRA |
| VAS O | VAS DEFENSE |
| VASECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE VAS DEFERENS OR A PORTION OF IT SO THAT SPERM CELLS ARE PREVENTED FROM BECOMING PART OF SEMEN |
| BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA | NONCANCEROUS ENLARGEMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND |
| CRYPTORCHISM | CONDITION OF UNDESCENDED TESTIS IS NOT IN THE SCROTAL SAC AT BIRTH |
| HYDROCELE | SAC OF CLEAR FLUID IN THE SCROTUM HYDR O MEANS WATER AND CELE INDICATES A HERINA |
| PROSTATIC CARCINOMA | CANCER OF THE PROSTATE GLAND |
| SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE | THESE AFFECT BOTH MALES AND FEMALES AND ARE INFECTIONS SPREAD BY SEXUAL OR OTHER GENITAL CONTACT |
| TESTICULAR CARCINOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE TESTIS EXAMPLE IS SEMINOMA |
| VARICOCELE | ENLARGED SWOLLEN VEINS NEAR A TESTICLE VAR O MEANS SWOLLEN VEINS |
| ORCHIOPEXY | SURICAL FIXATION OF AN UNDESCENDED TESTICLE IN A YOUNG MALE |
| TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND | THE REMOVAL OF PORTIONS OF THE PROSTATE GLAND WITH AND ENDOSCOPE INSERTED INTO THE URETHRA |
| PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE | GREEN LIGHT PVP IS A NEWER TECHNIQUE THAT USES A LASER TO TREAT BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA |
| VASECTOMY | PROCEDURE IN WHICH THE VAS DEFERENSON EACH SIDE IS CUT A PIECE IS REMOVED AND THE FREE ENDS ARE FOLDED AND LIGATED WITH SURFACES VASECTOMY PRODUCES STERILIZATIONS SO THAT SPERM ARE NOT RELEASED WITH SEMEN |
| BPH | BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA |
| DRE | DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION |
| GU | GENITOURINARY |
| PSA | PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN |
| STD | SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE |
| TURP | TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND |
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