Procedure to palpate the prostate gland a gloved finger is inserted in the rectum, is used to feel the prostate for signs of tenerness,nodules, hardness and enlargement. Test should be done yearly in men over 40 yrs.
Circumcision
prodcedure to remove the prepuce (foreskin). Normally for social customs or religious requirements.
Orechiectomy
procedure to remove a teste because of testicular cancer
Orhiopexy
procedure to repostion an undescending teste and fix it within the scrotum
Transuretheral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)
prcedure to reduce the size of the prostate gland in patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy
Vascestomy
procedure in the male to prevent female pregnancy
Vasovasostomy
The reversal of a vasectomy
AIDS
Accquired Immunodefiency Syndrome
BHP
benign prostatic hypertrophy
DRE
digital rectal examination
ED
erectial dysfunction
PSA
prostate specific antigen
HIV
Human immunodefeincy virus
STD
Sexually transmitted disease
TURP
transutheral resection of the prostate
VD
venerial disease
VDRL
veneral disease research labrotory (tests for syphillis)