Female Reproductive System

amni/o

amnion (amniotic sac)

carcin/o

cancer

cervic/o

cervic/o

neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

colp/o, vagin/o

vagina

episi/o, vulv/o

vulva

galact/o, lact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o, uter/o

uterus (womb)

lapar/o

abdomen

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

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)

-algia, -dynia

pain

-arche

beginning

-cyesis

pregnancy

-logist

specialist in study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-para

to bear (offspring)

-pathy

disease

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-plasia, -plasm

formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth (of)

-rrhaphy

suture

-salpinx

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)

-scope

instrument for examining

-tocia

childbirth, labor

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

incision

-version

turning

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

dys-

excessive, above normal

-ia

condition

-ist

specialist

neo-

new

pseudo-

false