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Medical Terminology
Chapter 15 - Male Reproductive System
Term | Definition |
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Androgen | Hormone that produces male characteristics |
Coitus | Sexual Intercourse |
Orgasm | Physical and sexual excitement (Especially During Sex) |
Circumcision | Surgical removal of the end of the prepuce (Foreskin) |
Cryptorchidism | Failure of the testis to descend into the scrotum |
Impotence | Erectile Dysfunction |
Ejaculation | Ejection of semen from the male urethra |
Emission | Discharge of semen |
Insemination | Introduction of semen into the female's vagina |
Sterility | Complete inability to produce offspring |
Infertility | Decreased capacity to produce offspring |
Scrotum | Double pouch that contains the testes |
Testis | Male reproductive gland (Plural is testes) |
Vas Deferens | Duct that conveys spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct (Also Called Ductus Deferens) |
Semen | Thick secretion that transports the spermatozoa |
Spermatozoon | Mature male sex cell |
BPH | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (Hypertrophy) |
GC | Gonococcus |
GU | Genitourinary |
PSA | Prostatic-Specific Antigen |
STD | Sexually Transmitted Disease |
STI | Sexually Transmitted Infection |
TPUR | Transperineal Urethral Resection |
TURP | Transurethral Resection Of Prostate |
VD | Venereal Disease (Sexually Transmitted Infection) |
VDRL | Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (Test For Syphilis) |
test/o | Testis, Testicle |
orchi/o, orchid/o | Testis |
osche/o | Scrotum |
semin | Semen |
sperm/i, spermat/o | Semen, Spermatozoa |
epididym/o | Epididymis |
vas/o | Vas Deferens, Ductus Deferens (Also Vessel) |
vesicul/o | Seminal Vesicle |
prostat/o | Prostate |