Reproductive System Word Parts

amni/o

amnion

cervic/o

neck of uterus

chori/o, chorion/o

chorion

colp/o

vagina

cyst/o

cyst, fluid sac, bladder

dilat/o

to enlarge or expand

embry/o

embryo

episi/o

vulva

fet/o

fetus

gynec/o

female, women

hymen/o

hymen

hyster/o

uterus

labi/o

lips

lact/o

milk

ligat/o

band, tie

ly/o

breakdown, dissolve, loosen

mast/o

breast

men/o

menstruation, menses

metr/o, metri/o

uterus, womb

nat/i

birth

oophor/o

ovary

top/o

position, place

a-

not, without

ante-

before

dys-

painful, difficult

ec-

out, outside

multi-

many

nulli-

no, none

peri-

around, surrounding

post-

after, behind

primi-

first

pseudo-

false

-arche

beginning

-ation

process, condition

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cyesis

state of pregnancy

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-gravida

pregnant

-osis

abnormal condition

-para

to bear

-partum

childbirth

-plasia

development, formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhexis

rupture

-salpinx

fallopian tube

-tomy

process of cutting, incision

ov/o, ovul/o

ovum

perine/o

perineum

py/o

pus