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30 Cards in this Set
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrom is a common sexually transmitted disease. The abbreviation for this desease is ?
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AIDS
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A research laboratory for veneral disease is abbreviated ?
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VDRL
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The surgical resection of the prostate gland through an abdominal incision is called ?
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suprapubic prostatectomy
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The combining form for vessel, duct is ?
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vas/o
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The term vesiculectomy is defined as ?
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excision of the seminal vesicle
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The medical word for "disease of the male" is ?
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andropathy
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TUR is a commonly used abbreviation for resection of what organ ?
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prostate
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One of the exercise questions submitted referred to the abbreviation TUMT, a treatment for prostatic hyperplasia. It actually uses heat generated by ________ or the M in TUMT
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microwave
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A person who is attracted to a member of the opposite sex is called ?
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heterosexual
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The operation for the surgical fixation of the testicle is called orchido_____?
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pexy
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The surgeon, who incised the prostate gland to remove a stone, performed a _____ ?
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prostatolithotomy
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The scrotum encases the ?
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testes
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The term orchidopexy is defined as ?
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surgical fixation of a testicle
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The combining form that means glans penis is ?
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balan/o
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DRE is the abbreviation meaning _____ ?
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dital rectal examination
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the term balanoplasty is defined as ?
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the surgical repair of the glans penis
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The dissolution of sperm is called ?
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spermatolysis
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Partial excision of the vas deferns bilaterally, results in male starilization. This is a common procedure called ?
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vasectomy
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List two possible treatments of prostate cancer
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Radical prostatectomy
Chemotherapy |
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Human papilloma virus is abbrevicated
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HPV
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Trans- is defined as ?
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through
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Which of the following is the abbreviation for a blood test in which an elevated result may indicate prostate cancer ?
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PSA
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The term that means inflammation of the prostate gland and bladder is ?
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prostatocystitis
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The term that means inflammation of the prostate gland and seminal vesicles is ?
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prostatovesiculitis
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The term anorchism is defined as ?
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state of absence of testis
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The combining form that means testis, testicle is ?
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orchi/o
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After marrying his second wife, the patient wated to reverse the vasectomy he had several years before. The physician suggested the creation of artificial openings between ducts, or a ?
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vasovasostomy
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The abbreviation BPH means ?
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benign prostatic hyperplasia
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The term balanorrhea is defined as ?
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discharge from the glans penis
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The term that means undescended testes is
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cryptorchidism
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