Medical Terminology Simplified

8–116 Muc/us is a noun. Muc/ous is a(n) (noun, adjective)

____________________.

8–117 Use -oidto construct a medical term that means resembling mucus.

__________ / __________

8–118 In addition to test/o,two other CFs that refer to the testes are orchi/oand

orchid/o.

Use orchi/oto develop medical words that mean

surgical repair of the testicle:

____________________ / _____ / ____________________

suture of a testicle:____________________ / _____ / ____________________

fixation of a testicle:____________________ / _____ / __________

8–119 The CF prostat/omeans prostate gland.The prostate gland secretes a thick

fluid that, as part of the semen, helps the sperm to move spontaneously.

Prostat/o/megaly is a(n)____________________ of the prostate gland.

8–120 Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also called benign prostatic hypertor-

phy, is a gradual enlargement of the prostate gland that normally occurs as a man

ages. It is a common disorder in men older than age 60. The enlarged prostate com-

presses the urethra and causes the bladder to retain urine. Symptoms include an in-

ability to empty the bladder completely and a weak urine stream. (See Fig. 8–11.)

Construct a medical word that means enlargement of the prostate gland.

____________________ / _____ / ____________________

8–121 The abbreviation BPH refers to benign prostat/ic hyper/plasia, or

benign prostat/ic hyper/trophy. The suffix -plasiameans formation,

____________________. The suffix -trophymeans development,

____________________.

8–122 Common symptoms of BPH include hesitancy and dribbling on urination

and a weak urine stream. Treatment includes drugs to decrease prostate size or a

trans/urethr/al resection of the prostate (TURP), in which the obstructing tissue is

removed. TURP makes it possible to perform surgery on certain organs that lie near

the urethra without having an abdominal incision. (See Fig. 8–12.)

Because this surgery is performed by passing a resect/o/scope through the urethra, it

is called____________________ / ____________________ / __________resection

of the prostate.

Frame 8–107to Frame 8–122

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adjective

muc/oid

MŪ-koyd

orchi/o/plasty

OR-kē-ō-plăs-tē

orchi/o/rrhaphy

or-kē-OR-ă-fē

orchi/o/pexy

or-kē-ō-PĔK-sē

enlargement

prostat/o/megaly

prŏs-tă-tō-MĔG-ă-lē

growth, nourishment

trans/urethr/al

trăns-ū-RĒ-thrăl