Male Reproductive System

andr/o

male

balan/o

glans penis

gonad/o

gonads, sex glands

meat/o

opening, meatus

orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o

testis (plural, testes)

perine/o

perineum (area between scrotum [or vulva in the female] and anus)

prostat/o

prostate gland

spermat/o, sperm/i, sperm/o

spermatozoa, sperm cells

varic/o

dilated vein

vas/o

vessel, vas deferens, duct

vesicul/o

seminal vesicle

-cele

hernia, swelling

-cide

killing

-ectomy

excision, removal

-genesis

forming, producing, origin

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-itis

inflammation

-scope

instrument for examining

-spadias

slit, fissure

-tomy

incision

circum-

around

hyper-

excessive, above normal

hypo-

under, below, deficient