Ch 13 Medical Terminology

hesitancy

difficulty starting urination

orchidopathy

disease of the testes

prostatomegaly

enlargement of the prostate gland

fistula

abnormal passageway between two organs or between an internal organ and the body surface

anorchism

absence of one or both testes

torsion

act of twisting

orchiopathy

any disease of the testes

vasectomy

bilateral surgical removal of a part of the vas deferens

prostate-specific antigen (PSA)

blood test to screen for prostate cancer

spermicide

chemical agent that kills sperm

balanoplasty

surgical repair of the glans penis

herniorrhaphy

suture of a hernia

orchiodynia

testicle pain

cryptorchidism

undescended testicles

epispadias

a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis

incontinence

inability to control bladder and/or bowels

sterility

inability to produce offspring

aspermia

inability to secrete or ejaculate sperm

hyperplasia

increase in number of cells

balanitis

inflammation of the glans penis

orchidalgia

pain in the testes

priapism

persistent and painful erection

prostatic

pertaining to the prostate

scrotoplasty

plastic surgery of the scrotum

orchiectomy

removal of the testes

hydrocele

sac of clear fluid in the scrotum

phimosis

stenosis or narrowing of foreskin so that it cannot be retracted over the glans penis

orchiopexy

surgical fixation of a testicle

orchidectomy

surgical removal of one or both testicles