Med term chapter 14

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)

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

vulv/o

vulva

A-

not; without

Ante-

before

Dys-

painful; difficult

Ec-

out; outside

Endo-

in; within

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

-al,-an,-ary,-ic,-ical,

-ine

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-arche

beginning

-ation

process; condition

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cyesis

state of pregnancy

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-gram

record; image

-graphy

process of recording

-gravida

pregnant

-ion

process; state; condition

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown;separation;loosening

-osis

abnormal condition

-para

to bear(offspring)

-partum

childbirth

-plasia

development; formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhagia

rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow; excessive discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-salpinx

fallopian tube

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

-um

structure; tissue; thing