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testicular
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tes·tic·u·lar  (t-stky-lr)
adj.
Of or relating to a testicle or testis.
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Adj.1.testicular - of or involving the testes; "testicular cancer"
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A The medical name for the condition is testicular torsion and happens when the cord that carries sperm from the testicles and blood to the testicle gets twisted.
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Author(s): Gulgun Yilmaz Ovali, MD [1], Omer Yilmaz, MD (corresponding author) [2], Serdar Tarhan, MD [1], Abdulkadir Genc, MD [2], Peyker Demireli, MD [3], Ozum Tuncyurek, MD [1], Cansu Unden, MD [2], Can Taneli, MD [2], Yüksel Pabuscu, MD [1] Introduction Testicular torsion is a urologic emergency and must be differentiated from other complaints of testicular pain; a delay in diagnosis can lead to loss of the testicle.
Perfusion CT evaluation in experimentally induced testicular torsion by Ovali, Gulgun Yilmaz; Yilmaz, Omer; Tarhan, Serdar; Genc, Abdulkadir; Demireli, Peyker; Tuncyurek, O / Canadian Urological Association Journal (CUAJ)
The 32-year-old computer programmer, who lives in Worcester, had suffered a testicular torsion in 1997 which occurs when the spermatic cord twists around the testes, cutting off blood supply.
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