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Terminology III
Chapter 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |