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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 12 REVIEW
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ORCHIDOPEXY
Definition
SURGICAL FIXATION OF A TESTIS, WHICH DRAWS AN UNDESCENDED TESTIS INTO THE SCROTUM
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BLANITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE GLANS PENIS
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MEDICAL TERM FOR HAVING MORE THEN TWO BREAST
Definition
POLYMASTIA
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A CONDITION OF PREGNANCY CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, EDEMA, AND PROTEIN IN THE URINE
Definition
PREECLAMPSIA
Term
COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS TESTIS OR TESTICLE
Definition
ORCHID/O
Term
ABNORMAL LEAKAGE OF AMNIOTIC FLUID WHICH INDICATES A RUPTURE OF THE AMNIOTIC SAC
Definition
AMNIORRHIA
Term
PROCEDURE WHERE THE FALLOPIAN TUBES ARE SEVERED AND CLOSED AS A FORM OF PERMANENT FEMALE BIRTH CONTROL
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TUBAL LIGATION
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MEDICAL TERM FOR PRIAPISM
Definition
ABNORMALLY PERSISTENT, PROLONGED, AND PAINFUL ERECTION OF THE PENIS
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ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE
Definition
A COMPLICATION OF PREGNANCY WITH PREMATURE SEPARATION OF THE PLACENTA FROM THE UTERINE WALL, RESULTING IN EITHER PREMATURE BIRTH OR FETAL DEATH
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COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS UTERUS
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HYSTER/O
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CORRECT SPELLING FOR
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GONORRHEA
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MEDICAL TERM

CHLAMYDIA

Definition
MOST COMMON BACTERIAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE IN NORTH AMERICA, SYMPTOMS OF URETHRAL AND VAGINAL DISCHARGE
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CORRECT SPELLING
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CHLAMYDIA
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COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS BREAST
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MAST/O
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BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
Definition
EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF THE PROSTATE GLANDS THAT IS NONMALIGNANT AND RESULTS IN CONSTRICTION OF THE URETHRA
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ENDOSCOPTIC VIEWING OF THE VAGINA
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COLPOSCOPY
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TOXIC SHOCK SYDROME
Definition
STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTERIAL INFECTION CHARACTERIZED  BY A RAPID ONSET OF SYMPTOMS INCLUDING  HIGH FEVER, SKIN RASH, AND MENTAL CONFUSION
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PROCEDURE; AN INCISION IS MADE IN THE VULVA TO WIDEN THE VAGINAL OPENING DURING LABOR
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EPISIOTOMY
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CESAREAN SECTION
Definition
CHILDBIRTH USING AN INCISION THROUGH THE ABDOMEN AND UTERUS
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CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
SYPHILIS
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THE CORRECT MEANING OF THE ROOT IN THE TERM HYSTEROSCOPY
Definition
UTERUS
Term
ENDOMETRIOSIS
Definition
DISEASE IN WHICH THE GROWTH OF ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE IN ABNORMAL LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE PELVIC CAVITY, FALLOPIAN TUBES, OR OVARIES
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CORRECT MEANING OF THE ROOT IN THE TERM MAMMOGRAM
Definition
BREAST
Term
DYSTOCIA
Definition
MED TERM FOR DIFFICULT LABOR
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ENDOMETRIOSIS
Definition
CONDITION IN WHICH ENDOMETRIAL CELLS GROW AND BLEED OUTSIDE OF THE UTERUS
Term
MEDICAL ABBREVIATION FOR A BLOOD TEST USED TO CHECK FOR POSSIBLE PROSTATE CANCER
Definition
PSA
Term
SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY
Definition
EXCISION OF A FALLOPIAN TUBE AND OVARY
Term
AZOOSPERMIA
Definition
THE ABSENCE OF LIVING SPERM IN SEMEN, WHICH IS A SIGN OF INFERTILITY
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COMBING FORM THAT MEANS VAGINA
Definition
COLP/O
Term
FIBROID TUMORS
Definition
BENIGN TUMORS IN THE MUSCULAR WALL OF THE UTERUS
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CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
DYSPLASIA
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AMENORRHEA
Definition
ABSENCE OF MENSTRUAL DISCHARGE
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