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Terminology III
Chapter 14
Term | Definition |
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A- or AN- | WITHOUT |
BI- | TWO OR BOTH |
TRI- | THREE OR TRIPLE |
ENDO- | WITHIN |
DYS- | PAINFUL, DIFFICULT OR FAULTY |
NULLI- | NONE |
UROLOGIST | PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN DIAGNOSING AND TREATING DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM OF MALES AND THE URINARY SYSTEM OF FEMALES |
CRYPTORCHIDISM | AKA UNDESCENDED TESTICLE. ONE OR BOTH TESTICLE FAIL TO DESCEND INTO THERE NORMAL POSITION |
ORCHIDECTOMY | REMOVAL OF ONE OR BOTH TESTICLES |
ANDROPAUSE | DECREASE OF THE MALE HORMONE TESTOSTERONE |
VASOVASOSTOMY | VASECTOMY REVERSAL |
BALANOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE GLANDS PENIS |
OBSTETRICIAN | PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, AND IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER |
APGAR SCORE | IS A SCALE OF 1-10 TO EVALUATE A NEWBORN INFANT'S PHYSICAL STATUS AT 1-5 MINUTES AFTER BIRTH |
MENARECHE | IS THE BEGINNING OF THE MENSTRUAL FUNCTION |
NEONATE | NEWBORN 1-4 WEEKS |
MASTALGIA | PAIN IN THE BREAST |
OOPHORECTOMY/OVARIECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF ONE OR BOTH OVARIES |
AMENORRHEA | THE ABNORMAL ABSENCE OF MENSTRUAL PERIODS FOR THREE MONTHS OR MORE |
COLPOSCOPY | DIRECT VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE TISSUES OF THE CERVIX AND VAGINA |
ENDOMETRIOSIS | A CONDITION IN WHICH PATCHES OF ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE ESCAPE THE UTERUS AND BECOME ATTACHED TO OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE PELVIC CAVITY. |
HYSTERORRAPHY | SURGICAL SUTURE OF THE UTERUS |
MASTOPEXY | SURGERY TO AFFIX SAGGING BREASTS IN A MORE ELEVATED POSITION |
-CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID |
-RRHEA | FLOW OR DISCHARGE |
-RRAPHY | SUTURE |
-ITIS | INFLAMATION |
-ECTOMY | SURGICALLY REMOVE |
-GRAVIDA | PREGNANT |
-PARA | BESIDE OR ALONG SIDE OF |
-PEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION |
-OSTOMY | THE SURGICAL CREATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL OPENING TO THE BODY SURFACE |
CRYPT/O | HIDDEN |
BALAN/O | GLANS PENIS |
ORCHID/O | TESTICLE, TESTIS |
ANDR/O | MALE, MASCULINE |
TEST/O, TEST/I | TESTICLE, TESTIS |
VAS/O | VAS DEFERENS, VESSEL |
HYSTER/O | UTERUS |
METR/O | UTERUS |
MAST/O | BREAST |
MEN/O | MENSTRUATION, MENSES |
O/O, OO/O, OV/O | EGG |
GYNEC/O | WOMAN FEMALE |
COLP/O | VAGINA |
CERVIC/O | CERVIX |
SALPING/O | FALLOPIAN TUBE, UTERINE TUBE |
OVARI/O, OOPHOR/O | OVARY |
VAGIN/O | VAGINA |