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TESTICULAR-SELF-EXAM


check date: 29/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 01/02/2001
originator: Claudia

Conceptual Structures
ISASELF-EXAMINATION
ANCESTORSALL
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
MEDICAL-SERVE
PHYSICAL-EXAMINATION
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SELF-EXAMINATION
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY


English
testicular self-examterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: examination of the testicles that should be done after a warm bath or shower. The heat relaxes the scrotum, making it easier to feel anything unusual. This procedure may be used in the prevention of testicular cancer. (en)
check date: 11/08/2001
checker: Pamela
TSEdefinition: see testicular self-exam. (en)
term type: acronym
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
self-examination of the testiclesdefinition: see testicular self-exam. (en)
term type: synonym
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10

Spanish
autoexamen de los testículosterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: masculine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: examen que solo dura 1 ó 2 minutos y permite detectar un crecimiento anormal en los testículos en las primeras etapas. Como el cáncer de testículos ocurre más frecuentemente en hombres jóvenes que en mayores, el autoexamen debe comenzar a una edad temprana y debe realizarse una vez al mes después de la ducha o baño caliente, cuando la piel del escroto está fina y relajada. (es)
examen de los testículosdefinition: ver autoexamen de los testiículos. (en)
term type: synonym
part of speech: noun
gender: masculine
number: singular
reliability code: 10