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26 Cards in this Set
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androgen
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Male hormone producing or stimulating male characteristics. ie Testosterone
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balanitis
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Inflammation of the glans penis
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cryogenic surgery
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pertaining to destruction of tissue by producing cold temperatures
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cryptorchism
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undescended testicle
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epididymitis
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inflammation of the epididymis
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gonorrhea
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STD; gonococci and urethral discharge
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hydrocele
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hernia (sac) of fluid in the scrotal sac
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orchiectomy
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removal of a testicle
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anorchism
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Congenital absence of one or both testicles
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orchitis
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inflammation of the testicle
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prostatitis
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inflammation of the prostate
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prostatectomy
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Removal of the prostate gland
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seminiferous tubules
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produce sperm in the testes
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seminal vesicles
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glands near the ejaculatory duct the produces fluid and semen
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spermolytic
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pertaining to the destruction of sperm
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oligospermia
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scanty sperm production
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aspermia
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lack of formation or ejaculatory of semen
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teratoma
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Testicular tumor that is composed of many types of tissue. Terat/o means monster
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testicular
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pertaining to the testes
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varicocele
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Hernia (collection) of swollen, twisted veins above the testes
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vasectomy
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removal of a portion of each vas deferens
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azoospermia
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lack of spermatozoa in semen
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spermatogenesis
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formation of sperm cells
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testosterone
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male hormone produced by the interstitial cells of the testes
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orchidopexy
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fixation of the testicle. it is put in place following a diagnosis of cryptorchism.
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vasovasostomy
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new opening (anastomosis) between two parts of the vas deferens, surgery to revers vasectomy
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