Which medical term means surgical fixation of testes?
A) orchidopexy
B) orchioplasty
C) orchiotomy
D) orchidectomy
A) orchidopexy
Orchid/o means testes and -pexy means surgical fixation, so orchidopexy means
surgical fixation of testes. Orchi/o means testes and -plasty means surgical repair, so
orchioplasty means surgical repair of testes. -otomy means cutting into; thus, orchiotomy means
cutting into testes. -ectomy means surgical removal, so orchidectomy means surgical removal of
testes.
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