Reproductive, Pregnancy and Breast Health Terms

Despite the name, the defining problem is hormonal rather than the small follicles that scans pick up, and it reaches well beyond the ovaries.

Peau d'orange describes dimpled skin from blocked lymphatic drainage, notably in inflammatory breast cancer but also seen in lymphedema.

A physical examination in which the health care professional will feel for lumps or changes in the shape of the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and rectum.

A penectomy is a surgical procedure removing part or all of the penis, most often performed to treat penile cancer.

Penile cancer is a rare malignancy usually beginning in the skin of the penis, often diagnosed as a visible lesion or change on the surface.

A firm rod or inflatable device that is placed in the penis (an external male reproductive organ) during a surgical procedure.

An external male reproductive organ.

An opening made surgically to allow the colon to exit the body through the perineum (the area of the body between the anus and the vulva in females, and between the anus and the scrotum in males).

Surgery to remove the prostate through an incision made between the scrotum and the anus.

Three systems empty through one small patch of the body, which is why it turns up in obstetric, urinary and bowel examinations alike.

A drug that is used to treat impotence (inability to have an erection) and is being studied in the treatment of sexual problems in men who have had surgery for prostate cancer.

An uncommon breast growth known for coming back in the same place, which is why the rim of tissue taken around it matters.

Whether they act like estrogen or against it depends on how much of the real hormone is already in circulation.

Damage to the tubes can accumulate quietly, so the first sign is sometimes difficulty conceiving rather than pain or fever.

Visible only under a microscope, it produces no lump, no symptom and no change in a blood test result.

The placenta forms in the uterus during pregnancy, exchanging oxygen, nutrients, and waste between a pregnant person and the developing fetus.

A drug used to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other treatment options are available.

A condition marked by infertility, enlarged ovaries, menstrual problems, high levels of male hormones, excess hair on the face and body, acne, and obesity.

Surgery to remove the lower part of the bowel, rectum, uterus, cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and vagina.

Its presence usually means the estrogen pathway is working, since estrogen signaling is what switches this receptor on.