Chapter 14: The Reproductive System

Cervic/o

Cervix

Colp/o

Vagina

-gravida

Pregnant

Gynec/o

Woman, female

Hyster/o

Uterus

Mast/o

Breast

Men/o

Menstruation, menses

Orchid

Testicles

Ovari/o

Ovary

Ov/o

Egg, ovum

-para

To give birth

-pexy

Surgical fixation

Salping/o

Uterine (fallopian) tube

Test/i

Testicles

Vagin/o

Vagina

A hernia protruding into the vagina

Vaginocele

Pain in the breast

Mastodynia

Inflammation of the endometrium

Endometritis

Surgical repair of an ovary

Oophoroplasty

Pain in the vagina

Vaginodynia

To suture the uterus

Hysterorrhaphy

A hernia in the uterus, particularly during pregnancy

Hystercele

Surgical fixation of a displaced ovary

Oophoropexy

Rupture of the uterus, particularly during pregnancy

Hysterorrhexis

Inflammation of the vulva and the vagina

Vulvovaginitis