Obstetrics set 1

medical terminology

ante-

(before)

dys-

(painful, labored, difficult)

micro-

(small)

multi-

(many)

nulli-

(none)

post-

(after)

pre-

(before)

neo-

(new)

amni/o

(amnion, amniotic fluid)

cephal/o

(head)

chori/o

(chorion)

embry/o

(embryo)

esophag/o

(esophagus)

fet/i

(fetus, unborn offspring)

fet/o

(fetus, unborn offspring)

gravid/o

(pregnancy)

lact/o

(milk)

nat/o

(birth)

olig/o

(scanty, few)

omphal/o

(umbilicus, navel)

par/o

(to bear, labor, childbirth, give birth to)

part/o

(to bear, labor, childbirth, give birth to)

prim/i

(first)

pseud/o

(false)

puerper/o

(childbirth)

pylor/o

(pylorus, pyloric sphincter)

terat/o

(malformations)

-a

(no meaning, noun ending)

-al

(pertaining to)

-amnios

(amnion, amniotic fluid)

-cyesis

(pregnancy)

-e

(noun ending, no meaning)

-gen

(substance that produced, agent that produced)

-genic

(producing, originating, causing)

-graphy

(process of recording)

-ic

(pertaining to)

-is

(noun suffix, no meaning)

-itis

(inflammation)

-logist

(specialist who studies and treats, physician who studies and treats)

-logy

(study of)

-oid

(resembling)

-oma

(tumor)

-rrhea

(discharge, flow)

-rrhexis

(rupture)

-stenosis

(constriction, narrowing)

-tocia

(birth, labor)

-tomy

(incision, cut into)

-um

(noun ending, no meaning)

-us

(noun ending, no meaning)