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MODULE F
Male Reproductive System
Question | Answer |
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Amenorrhea | a lack of the monthly flow or menustration |
Azoospermia | a condition in which there is a lack of spermatooza in the semen |
Cervicitis | inflammation of the uterine cervix |
Cryptorchism | a condition in which the testes fail to descend into the scrotum |
Epididymitis | inflammation of the epididymis |
Gynecology | the study of female |
Gynecomastia | a condition of excessive development of the mammary glands in the male |
Heterosexual | pertaining to the opposite sex; refers to individual who has a sexual preference for the opposite sex |
Hysterectomy | surgical excision of the uterus |
Mammography | process of obtaining pictures of the breast by the use of x-rays |
Menarche | the beginning of the monthly flow; menses |
Menopause | cessation of the monthly flow; also called climacteric |
Mittelschmerz | abdominal pain that occurs midway between the menstrual periods at ovulation |
Oligomenorrhea | a scanty monthly flow |
Oophorectomy | surgical excision of an ovary |
Orchidectomy | surgical excision of a testicle |
Orchidopexy | surgical fixation of a testicle |
Phimosis | a condition of the narrowing of the opening of the prepuce wherein the foreskin cannot be drawn back over the glans penis |
Primipara | a woman who is bearing her first child |
Prostatitis | inflammation of the prostate |
Prostatomegaly | enlargement of the prostate |
Retroversion | the process of being turned backward, such as the displacement of the uterus with the cervix pointed forward |
Salpingitis | inflammation of the fallopian tube |
vasectomy | surgical excision of the vas deferens |