medical abbreviations

testes

orchid/o , test/o

head of penis

balan/o

male

andr/o

prostate

prostat/o

vessel, duct

vas/o

to suture

-rrhaphy

uterus

hyster/o, metr

uterine tube

scalping/o, salpinx

vagina

colp/o

ovary

oophor/o

menstruation

men/o

breast

mamm/o, mast/o

intercourse

-pareunia, coitus

porous

-porosis

development, stimulation, maintenance

-trophy

pain

alia, algeria

bone

oste/o

cartilage

chondr/o

joint

arthr/o

bone marrow

myel/o

tendon

ten/o, tendin/o

ligament

ligament/o

bag, shock absorber between bones + tendons

burs/o

muscle

my/o

softening

-malacia

live birth

para

labor/ birth

part/o, too/o

Good , bad

Benign	Malignant
Low grade	High grade
Radiosensitive	Radioresistant
No metastases	metastases
Well differentiated	Poorly differentiated
Negative nodes	Positive nodes
In remission	Relapse
Surgically resectable	Inoperable