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Stack #85140, Ch 9
Chabner Ch 9 WWC JJ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| gon/o | seed |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| orch/o | testis, testicle |
| orchi/o | testis, testicle |
| orchid/o | testis, testicle |
| prostat/o | prostate gland (gland at base of bladder; secretes fluid into urethra during ejaculation) |
| semin/i | semen, seed |
| sperm/o | spermatozoa, semen |
| spermat/o | spermatozoa, semen |
| terat/o | monster |
| test/o | testis, testicle |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vessel, duct (referring to vas deferens) |
| zo/o | animal life |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -gen | producing; forming |
| -genesis | formation |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -lysis | breakdown; destruction |
| -lytic | breakdown; destruction |
| -one | hormone |
| -pexy | fixation, put in place |
| -plasia | development; formation; growth |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -trophy | nourishment; development |
| androgen | male hormone producing or stimulating male characteristics. An example is testosterone. |
| balanitis | inflammation of the glans penis. |
| cryogenic surgery | pertaining to destruction of tissue by producing cold temperatures. |
| cryptorchism | undescended testicles.(hidden) |
| epididymitis | inflammation of the epididymis. |
| gonorrhea | sexually transmitted disease; gonococci and urethral discharge. |
| hydrocele | hernia (sac) of fluid in the scrotal sac. |
| orchiectomy | removal of a testicle |
| anorchism | congenital absence of one or both testes |
| orchitis | inflammation of a testicle |
| prostatitis | inflammation of the prostate gland |
| prostatectomy | removal of the prostate gland |
| seminiferous tubules | produce sperm in the testes |
| seminal vesicles | glands near the ejaculatory duct that produce fluid for semen |
| spermolytic | pertaining to destruction of sperm |
| oligospermia | scanty production of sperm |
| aspermia | lack of formation or ejaculation of semen |
| teratoma | tumor (testicular) that is composed of many types of tissue. Terat/o means monster |
| testicular | pertaining to the testes |
| varicocele | hernia (collection) of swollen, twisted veins above the testes |
| vasectomy | removal of a portion of each vas deferens |
| azoospermia | lack of spermatozoa in semen |
| spermatogenesis | formation of sperm cells |
| testosterone | male hormone produced by the interstitial cells of the testes |
| orchiopexy | fixation of the testicle. It is put in place following a diagnosis of cryptorchism |
| vasovasostomy | new opening (anastomosis) between two parts of the vas deferens; surgery to reverse vasectomy |
| carcinoma of the testes | malignant tumor of the testicles |
| cryptorchism; cryptorchidism | undescended testicles |
| hydrocele | sac of clear fluid in the scrotum |
| testicular torsion | twisting of the spermatic cord |
| varicocele | enlarged, dilated veins near the testicle |
| carcinoma of the prostate | malignant tumor of the prostate gland |
| prostatic hyperplasia | benign growth of cells within the prostate gland; benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) |
| hypospadias; hypospadia | congenital opening of the male urethra on the undersurface of the penis, not the tip |
| -spadias | condition of tearing or cutting |
| phimosis | narrowing (stricture) of the opening of the prepuce over the glans penis |
| phim/o | to muzzle |
| castration | surgical excision of the testicles or ovaries |
| circumcision | surgical procedure to remove the prepuce of the penis |
| vasectomy | bilateral surgical removal of a part of the vas deferens |
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