Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes
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angelofthelord on April 17, 2011
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female reproductive system chap 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chori/o | chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus) |
| chorion/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| episi/o | vulva (external female genitalia) |
| galact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus (womb); measure |
| metri/o | Uterus womb |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cele | hernia |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectasis | dilation, dilatation, widening |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -flexion | the state of being flexed (as of a joint) |
| -genesis | Forming, producing, origin |
| -gravida | a pregnant woman |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -parous | to bear, bring forth |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; protrude |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube; oviduct |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -tocia | labor; birth (condition of) |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
| -version | to turn |
| bi- | two |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| endo- | In, within |
| in- | in, into, not |
| intra- | within, into |
| -multi | many |
| nulli- | none |
| oxy- | swift, sharp, acid |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pre- | Before, in front of |
| primi- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | behind; back; backward |
| uni- | one |
| my/o | muscle |
| myom/o | muscle tumor |
| 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 tube; auditory (eustachian) tube |
| uter/o | Uterus (womb) |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva (female external genitalia) |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -parous | to bear, bring forth |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth of blood |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube; oviduct |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
| -version | to turn |
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