Chapter 15- Female Reproductive System (Word Parts)

Chapter 15 of the Introduction to Medical Terminology Textbook (Second Edition)

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

-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

-derm

embryonic layer

-dynia

pain

-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

-pathy

disease

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasia

development; formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-phylaxis

protection against infection

-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

-tocia

childbirth; labor

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

-um

structure; tissue; thing