Fill in the blank with the correct medical term, then find the words in the word search puzzle that follows.

Question

1. The sexually transmitted infection syphilis may be diagnosed by the presence of small ulcers on the skin of the penis, which are called: _______________.
2. Inflammation of the glans penis is a disorder called: _______________ .
3. A minor surgical procedure that involves the surgical extraction of tissue for microscopic analysis is called: _______________ .
4. _______________ is an inflammatory disease of the liver that has many different forms, categorized as types A through E.
5. Diseases of the female reproductive system are generally treated by a physician specializing in the field of _______________ .
6. _______________ means an abnormally low sperm count.
7. The abnormal growth of endometrial tissue may occur throughout areas of the pelvic cavity, including the external walls of the uterus, fallopian tubes, urinary bladder, and even on the peritoneum. The condition is called: ___________________.
8. The premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall is called ___________________ placentae.
9. An STI caused by the protozoan Trichomonas, which is an amoebalike single-celled organism, is called: ___________________ .
10. The absence of a menstrual discharge in a woman of childbearing age is called: ___________________.
11. A procedure that involves penetration of the amnion with a syringe and aspiration of a small amount of amniotic fluid for analysis is known as: ___________________.
12. During this procedure, the cervix is dilated to permit the insertion of a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette, which is used to scrape the lining of the endometrium: dilation and ___________________.
13. Preeclampsia can progress to the more dangerous condition known as: ___________________.
14. Inflammation of the prostate gland is called: ___________________.
15. The discharge of pus from a fallopian tube is a sign of infection and is called: ___________________.


Answer 1

1. chancres
2. balanitis
3. biopsy
4. Hepatitis
5. gynecology
6. oligospermia
7. endometriosis
8. abruptio
9. trichomoniasis
10. amenorrhea
11. amniocentesis
12. curettage
13. eclampsia
14. prostatitis
15. pyosalpinx