Med Term Chap 8 Terms

Female reproduction parts + diseases unit

amni/o

amni/o

amnion

bartholin/o

Bartholin gland

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

cervix

chori/o, chorion/o

chorion

colp/o

vagina

crypt/o

hidden

culd/o

cul-de-sac

episi/o

vulva

galact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman; female

hyster/o

uterus; womb

lact/o

milk

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

men/o

menses; menstruation

metr/o

uterus

my/o

muscle; muscle tumor

myom/o

muscle; muscle tumor

nat/i

birth

obstetr/o

pregnancy; childbirth; midwife

olig/o

scanty

o/o

egg

oophor/o

ovary

ov/o

egg

ovari/o

ovary

ovul/o

egg

perine/o

perineum

phor/o

to bear

py/o

pus

salping/o

fallopian tubes

terat/o

monster

uter/o

uterus

vagin/o

vagina

vulv/o

vulva

-arche

beginning

-cele

hernia

-cyesis

pregnancy

-ectasis

stretching; dilation

-ectomy

removal; excision

-flexion

flexible

-genesis

producing; forming

-gravida

pregnancy

-itis

inflammation

-pareunia

sexual intercourse

-parous

to bear; bring forth

-plasia

development; formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

dropping; sagging

-rrhagia

bursting forth (blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

discharge

-salpinx

uterine tube

-scopy

visual examination

-stenosis

tightening

-stomy

new opening

-tocia

labor; birth

-tomy

process of cutting

-tresia

opening

-version

act of turning

bi-

two

dys-

painful

endo-

within

in-

in

intra-

within

multi-

many

nulli-

no; not; none

oxy-

swift; sharp

peri-

surrounding

pre-

before

primi-

first

pseudo-

false

retro-

backward

uni-

one