Chapter 8 & 9 - Combining Forms

amni/o

amnion

cervix/o

cervix, neck

chori/o, chorion/o

chorion

colp/o, vagin/o

vagina

episi/o, vulv/o

vulva

galact/o, lact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o

uterus

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

men/o

menses, menstruation

metr/o, uter/o

uterus

nat/o

birth

obster/o

pregnancy, childbirth

o/o, ov/o, ovul/o

egg

oophor/o, ovary/o

ovary

perine/o

perineum

phor/o, -parous

to bear

salping/o, -salpinx

fallopian tubes

-arche

beginning

-cyesis

pregnancy

-gravida

pregnant

-rrhea

discharge

-tocia

labor, birth

-version

act of turning

-dys

painful

endo-

within

multi-

many

nulli-

no, not, none

primi-

first

andr/o

male

balan/o, pen/o

glans penis

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

epididym/o

epididymis

gon/o

seed

hydr/o

water, fluid

orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o

testis, testicle

prostat/o

prostate gland

semin/i

semen, seed

sperm/o

spermatozoa, semen

terat/o

monster

varic/o

varicose veins

vas/o

vessel duct; vas deferens

zo/o

animal life

-genesis

formation

-one

hormone

-pexy

fixation, put in place

-stomy

new opening