Med Term Quiz #6 (Chapter 12,13)

amni/o

amnion (amniotic sac)

cervic/o

neck, cervix

colp/o

vagin/o

vagina

galact/o

lact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o

metri/o

uter/o

uterus, womb

mamm/o

mast/o

breast

men/o

menses, menstruation

metr/o

uterus (womb); measure

nat/o

birth

oophor/o

ovari/o

ovary

perine/o

perineum

salping/o

fallopian tube

-arche

beginning

-cyesis

pregnancy

-gravida

pregnant woman

-para

to bear (offspring)

-salpinx

fallopian (uterine) tube

-tocia

childbirth, labor

-version

turning

ante-

before, in front of

primi-

first

gynecopathy

disease specific to women

cervicovaginitis

inflammation of the cervix and vagina

cervicovesical

pertaining to the cervix uteri and bladder

colposcope

instrument used for visual examination of the vagina

hysteromyoma

myoma of the uterus

hysteropathy

disease of the uterus

hysterosalpingography

a radiographic examination of the uterus and oviducts

metrorrhagia

hemorrhage from the uterus

parametritis

inflammation around the uterus

uterocele

herniation of the uterus

oophoritis

inflammation of an ovary

oophorosalpingitis

inflammation of an ovary and oviduct

salpingocele

hernia of a fallopian tube

oophoropexy or ovariopexy

fixation of a displaced ovary

hystero-oophorectomy

surgical removal of the uterus and ovaries

episiorrhaphy or perineorrhaphy

suturing of the perineum

hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy

excision of the uterus, oviducts, and ovaries

amniocentesis

surgical puncture of the amniotic sac

colposcopy

visual examination of the vagina

prenatal

pertaining to the period before birth

dystocia

difficult childbirth

hysterorrhexis

rupture of the uterus

oophoroma

tumor of an ovary

cervicitis

inflammation of the uterine cervix

salpingoplasty

surgical repair of a fallopian tube

primigravida

a woman who is pregnant for the first time

pseudocyesis

false pregnancy

hemosalpinx

blood in the fallopian tube

multipara

to bear many offspring

menarche

the beginning of menstruation

galactopoiesis

formation or production of milk

andr/o

male

balan/o

glans penis

crypt/o

hidden

epididym/o

epididymis

genit/o

genitalia

gonad/o

gonads, sex glands

orch/o

orchi/o

orchid/o

test/o

testis (plural, testes)

perine/o

perineum (area between scrotum [or vulva in the female] and anus)

prostat/o

prostate gland

spermat/o

sperm/o

spermatozoa, sperm cells

varic/o

dilated vein

vas/o

vessel; vas deferens; duct

vesicul/o

seminal vesicle

-cide

killing

-ism

condition

-spadias

slit, fissure

-brachy

short

spermicide

killing sperm

varicocele

swelling of a dilated vein

scrotoplasty

surgical repair of the scrotum

prostatomegaly

enlargement of the prostate gland

anorchism

absence of one or both testes

gonadectomy

surgical removal of a gonad

genitourinary

pertaining to the genitalia and urinary tract

brachytherapy

treatment from a short (distance)

epispadias

fissure upon (dorsum of penis)

balanitis

inflammation of the glans penis

androgen

forming or producing a male

perineorrhaphy

suture of the perineum

vasectomy

excision of the vas deferens

vesiculography

process of recording the seminal vesicle

orchiditis

inflammation of the testes

orchidoptosis

downward displacement of a testicle

balanorrhea

discharge from the glans penis

spermatocyte

sperm cell

balanocele

hernia of the glans penis

spermatoblast

embryonic sperm cell

prostatalgia or prostatodynia

pain in the prostate

spermatocele

swelling or hernia (containing) sperm

prostatorrhea

discharge from the prostate gland

prostatolith

stone(s) in the prostate gland

hypospadias

fissure under ventrum of penis

hyperspadias

fissure above (dorsum of penis)

vesiculitis

inflammation of the seminal vesicle

gonadopathy

disease of the gonads

balanoplasty

surgical repair of the glans penis