Med Term Week #1

  1. Removal of one or both testies
    Orchidectomy
  2. Enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord
    Varicocele
  3. Sexually tramsmitted disease charcayerized by lesions that may involve any organ or tissue
    Syphilis
  4. Male hormone
    Testosterone
  5. Study of the skin
    Dermatology
  6. condition characterized by lack of skin pigmentation
    Albino
  7. cancerous tumor of the basal cell layer of the epidermis
    Basal cell carcinoma
  8. skin infection characterized by a cluster of boils
    Carbuncle
  9. highlt contagious sexually transmitted disease of the genitalia; venereal herpes
    Genital herpes
  10. lesion located on the penis, characteristis of primary syphilis
    Chancre
  11. accumulation of fluid on the scrotum or along the spermatic cord
    Hydrocele
  12. inflammation of the epididymis
    Epididymitis
  13. surgical fixation of one or both of the testies
    Orchidopexy
  14. expulsion of semen from the penis
    Ejaculation
  15. inflammation of the glans penis
    Balanitis
  16. absence of one or both testes
    Anorchidism; anarchism
  17. undesended testicle; failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
    Cryptorchidism
  18. deficient number of sperm present is semen
    Oligospermia
  19. inflammation if the prostate gland
    Prostatitis
  20. malignant tumor if one or both testes
    Testicular carcinoma
  21. abnormal. painful, and prolonged erection of the penis not related to sexual arousal
    Priapism
  22. congenital condition in which the urethra open on the under side of the penis
    Hypospadias
  23. visualization of the urinary bladder with a cystoscope
    cystoscopy
  24. congenital condition in which the urethra opens on the upper side of the penis
    epispadias
  25. sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachmastis
    Chlamydia
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Med Term Week #1
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