chapter 8 and 9 combining forms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 amni/o | amnion |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| chori/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| episi/o | vulva |
| galact/o | milk |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myom/o | muscle |
| nat/i | birth |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy, childbirth |
| olig/o | scanty |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg |
| perine/o | perineum |
| phor/o | to bear |
| py/o | pus |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -flexion | act of bending a joint |
| -genesis | formation |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -parous | bearing, bringing forth |
| -plasia | development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenosis | hardening |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -tomy | Cut |
| -version | act of turning |
| -cele | hernia |
| -gen | Birth |
| -genesis | Formation |
| -genic | producing |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -one | single |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
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