Medical Terminology Related to the Reproductive System

Flashcards for medical terminology related to the reproductive system.

andr/o

male

balan/o

glans penis

cauter/o

heat; burn

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

electr/o

electricity

epididym/o

epididymis

gon/o

seed

gyn/o, gynec/o

female; woman

hydr/o

water

mast/o

breast

olig/o

scanty (very small)

onc/o

tumor

orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o

testis; testicle

plas/o

development; formation

prostat/o

prostate gland

semin/i

semen; seed

sperm/o, spermat/o

spermatozoa; sperm

test/o, testicul/o

testis; testicle

tors/o

twisted

urethr/o

urethra

varic/o

varicose veins

vas/o

vessel; duct

vener/o

sexual contact

vesicul/o

seminal vesicle

zo/o

animal; life

amni/o

amnion

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

chori/o, chorion/o

chorion

colp/o

vagina

culd/o

cul-de-sac (cavity closed at one end)

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac, bladder

dilat/o

to enlarge or expand

embry/o

embryo

episi/o

vulva

fet/o

fetus

fibr/o

fiber

gynec/o

female; woman

hem/o

blood

hymen/o

hymen

hyster/o

uterus

labi/o

lip

lact/o

milk

ligat/o

binding; tying

lump/o

lump; mass

ly/o

break down; dissolve; loosen

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

men/o

menses; menstruation

metr/o, metri/o

uterus

my/o

muscle

nat/i

birth

olig/o

scanty (very small)

o/o

ovum (egg)

oophor/o

ovary

ov/o, ovul/o

ovum (egg)

ovari/o

ovary

perine/o

perineum

py/o

pus

salping/o

Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube

top/o

place; location; position

uter/o

uterus

vagin/o

vagina

vesic/o

urinary bladder

vulv/o

vulva

a-

not; without

ante-

before

dys-

painful; difficult

ec-, ecto-

out; outside

endo-

in; within

meso-

middle

multi-

many

neo-

new

nulli-

no; none

peri-

around; surrounding

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

primi-

first

pseudo-

false

tri-

three