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98 Cards in this Set
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cervic/o
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neck
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colp/o
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vagina
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vagin/o
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vagina
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episi/o
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vulva
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hyster/o
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uterus
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metr/o
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uterus
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uter/o
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uterus
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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men/o
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menses, menstruation
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oopho/o
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ovary
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ovari/o
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ovary
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salping/o
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fallopian tube
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balan/o
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glans penis
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orch/o
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testes
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orchi/o
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testes
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orchid/o
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testes
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test/o
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testes
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prostat/o
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prostate
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spermat/o
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sperm
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vas/o
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vas deferens, vessel
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adip/o
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fat
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carcin/o
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cancer
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muc/o
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mucus
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amenorrhea
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absence or abnormal stoppage of menstruation
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dysmenorrhea
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difficult or painful menstrual flow
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menorrhagia
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excessive bleeding during a menstrual period
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oligomenorrhea
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scant or infrequent menstrual flow or periods
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---genesis
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producing, forming
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---itis
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inflammation
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---oid
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resembling
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---plasia
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formation, growth
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balan/o
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glans penis
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prostat/o
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prostate gland
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---plasm
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formation, growth
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---rrhage
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bursting forth (of)
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---rrhagia
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bursting forth (of)
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---rrhea
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flow, discharge
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---spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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anorchism
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congenital absence of one/both testes
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anorchidism
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congenital absence of one/both testes
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balanitis
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cryptorchidism
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failure of testicles to descend into the scrotum
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cryptorchism
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failure of testicles to descend into the scrotum
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Retractile testicle
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-- fully descended
--lifted up out of the scrotum by cremaster muscle contraction -most common in boys 5-6 yo --can manually be drawn down completely to the base of the scrotum --does not require treatment --testicles enlarge (adolescence) reflex weakens --testicles usually descend back down on their own |
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hyper---
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excessive
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neo---
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new
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post---
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after, behind
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pre---
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before
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andr/o
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male, man, masculine
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ante---
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before
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cata---
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prefix meaning down, downward, destructive, against
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crypt/o
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hidden
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cyes/o
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pregnancy
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cyes/i
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pregnancy
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gravid/o
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pregnancy
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nat/o
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birth
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omphal/o
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umbilicus, navel
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---one
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suffix meaning hormone
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ora
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os
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mouth, opening
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sept/i
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combining form meaning seven
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PSA
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prostate specific antigen
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toc/o
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childbirth, labor
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---tocia
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childbirth, labor
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oophoropathy
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disease of the ovaries
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salpingoplasty
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surgical repair of the fallopian tube, OR eustacian tube
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Candidiasis
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vaginal fungal infection caused by Candida albicans, characterized by a thick, curdy, discharge and extreme itching
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metritis
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inflammation of the uterus
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hysterocele
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henia, swelling, protrusion of the uterus
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the ovaries secrete what 2 hormones?
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--estrogen
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vaginitis
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inflammation of the vagina
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colpalgia
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pain in the vagina
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colpodynia
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pain in the vagina
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gynecologist
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specialist in the study of female conditions
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amenorrhea
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removal of the breast
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mastectomy
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painful or difficult menstruation
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orchioplasty
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surgical repair of the testicle
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prostatomegaly
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enlargement of the prostate gland
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prostatic carcinoma
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prostate cancer
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Endometriosis
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endometrial tissue is found in various abnormal sites through the pelvis or in the abdominal wall
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Fibroids
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benign uterine tumors
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Oligomenorrhea
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scanty or infrequent menstrual flow
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Amenorrhea
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absence of menstrual flow
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Anorchism
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congenital absence of one or both testicles
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Balantitis
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inflammation of the skin covering the glans penis
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Cryptorchidism
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failure of the testicles to descend into the scrotum
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Phimosis
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stenosis of narrowness of the preputial orifice to that the foreskin cannot be pushed back over the glans penis
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CS
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Cesarean section
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C-section
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cesarean section
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D&C
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dilation and curettage
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Ob-Gyn
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obstetrics and gynecology
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Pap smear
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Papanicolau's smear
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BPH
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benign prostatic hyperplasia or hypertrophy
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GU
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genitourinary
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