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| neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
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| tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes) |
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| orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o, test/o |
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| vessel; vas deferens; duct |
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| forming, producing, origin |
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| prolapse, downward, displacement |
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| involuntary contraction, twitching |
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| tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes) |
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| pertaining to, relating to |
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| vaginal fungal infection caused by Candida albicans; characterized by a curdy or cheeselike discharge and extreme itching |
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| inflammation of the uterine cervix |
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| implantation of the fertilized ovum outside of the uterine cavity |
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| presence of endometrial tissue outside (ectopic) the uterine cavity, such as the pelvis or abdomen |
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| benign neoplasm in the uterus that is composed largely of fibrous tissue; AKA: leiomyoma |
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| white discharge from the vagina |
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| scanty or infrequent menstrual flow |
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| pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) |
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| potentially life-threatening disorder that usually develops after the 20th week of pregnancy and is characterized by edema and proteinuria |
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| nonconvulsive form of PIH |
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| pus in the fallopian tube |
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| turning, or state of being turned back, especially an entire organ being tipped from its normal position (such as the uterus) |
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| inability of a woman to become pregnant or for a man to impregnate a woman |
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| toxic shock syndrome (TSS) |
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| rare and sometimes fatal staphylococcus infection that generally occurs in menstruating women, most of whom use vaginal tampons for menstrual protection |
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| protozoal infestation of the vagina, urethra, or prostate |
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| congenital absence of one or both testes; AKA: anorchia |
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| inflammation of the skin covering the glans penis |
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| failure of one or both testicles to descend into the scrotum |
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| congenital defect in which the urethra opens on upper side of the penis near the glans penis instead of the tip |
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| congenital defect in which the male urethra opens on undersurface of the penis instead of the tip |
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| inability of a man to achieve or maintain a penile erection; commonly called erectile dysfunction |
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| stenosis or narrowness of the preputial orifice so that the foreskin cannot be pushed back over the glans penis |
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| sexually transmitted disease (STD) |
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| any disease that may be acquired as a result of sexual intercourse or other intimate contact with an infected individual and affects the male and female reproductive systems; AKA: venereal disease |
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| STD caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis |
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| wart(s) in the genitalia caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) |
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| contagious bacterial infection that most commonly affects the genito-urinary tract and, occasionally, the pharynx or rectum |
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| infection in females and males of the genital and anorectal skin and mucosa with herpes simplex virus type 2 |
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| infectious, chronic STD characterized by lesions that change to a chancre and may involve any organ or tissue |
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| obstetric procedure that involves surgical puncture of the amniotic sac under ultrasound guidance to remove amniotic fluid |
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| examination of the vagina and cervix with an optical magnifying instrument (colposcope) |
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| radiography of the uterus and oviducts after injection of a contrast medium |
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| visual examination of the abdominal cavity with a laparoscope through one or more small incisions in the abdominal wall, usually at the umbilicus |
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| radiography of breast; used to diagnose benign and malignant tumors |
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| microscopic analysis of cells taken from the cervix and vagina to detect the presence of carcinoma. Cells are obtained for a Pap test via insertion of a vaginal speculum and the use of a swab to scrape a small tissue sample from the cervix and vagina. |
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| imaging technique that uses high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) that bounce off body tissues and are recorded to produce an image of an internal organ or tissue |
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| digital rectal examination (DRE) |
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| examination of the prostate gland by finger palpation through the anal canal and the rectum |
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| prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test |
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| blood test to screen for prostate cancer |
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| obstetric procedure in which a nonabsorbable suture is used for holding the cervix closed to prevent spontaneous abortion in a woman who has an incompetent cervix |
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| surgical procedure that widens the cervical canal of the uterus (dilation) so that the endometrium of the uterus can be scraped (curettage) |
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| hysterosalpingooophorectomy |
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| surgical removal of a uterus, a fallopian tube, and an ovary |
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| excision of a small primary breast tumor (“lump”) and some of the normal tissue that surrounds it |
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| complete or partial excision of one or both breasts, most commonly performed to remove a malignant tumor |
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| excision of an entire breast, nipple, areola, and the involved overlying skin; AKA: simple mastectomy |
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| modified radical mastectomy |
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| excision of an entire breast, including lymph nodes in the underarm (axillary dissection) |
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| excision of an entire breast, all underarm lymph nodes, and chest wall muscles under the breast |
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| reconstructive breast surgery |
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| reconstruction of a breast that has been removed due to cancer or other disease |
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| common breast reconstruction technique in which a balloon expander is inserted beneath the skin and chest muscle, saline solution is gradually injected to increase size, and the expander is then replaced with a more permanent implant |
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| transverse rectus abdominis muscle (TRAM) flap |
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| surgical creation of a skin flap (using skin and fat from the lower half of the abdomen), which is passed under the skin to the breast area, shaped into a natural-looking breast, and sutured into place |
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| sterilization procedure that involves blocking both fallopian tubes by cutting or burning them and tying them off |
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| surgical removal of the foreskin or prepuce of the penis, usually performed on the male as an infant |
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| transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) |
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| surgical procedure to relieve obstruction caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (excessive overgrowth of normal tissue) by insertion of a resectoscope into the penis and through the urethra to “chip away” at prostatic tissue and flush out chips (using an irrigating solution) |
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| hormonal preparation used to increase sperm count in infertility cases |
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