Female reproductive System

amin/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)

bartholin/o

bartholin glands

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

cervix, neck

chori/o, chorion/o

chorion

colp/o

vagina

culd/o

cul-de-sac

epis/o

vulva

galact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o

uterus, womb

lact/o

milk

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

men/o

menses, menstruation

metr/o, metri/o

uterus

my/o, myom/o

muscle, muscle tumor

nat/i

birth

obstetr/o

pregnancy and childbirth

olig/o

scanty

o/o, ov/o, ovul/o

egg

oophor/o, ovari/o

ovary

perine/o

perineum

phor/o

to bear

py/o

pus

salping/o

fallopian tubes

uter/o

uterus

vagin/o

vagina

vulv/o

vulva

bi-

life

dys-

painful

endo

within

in-,intra

in

multi

many

nulli-

no,not,none

oxy-

rapid; sharp; acid

peri-

surrounding

pre-

before; in front of

primi-

first

pseudo-

false

retro-

behind

uni-

one

-arche

beginning

-cyesis

pregnancy

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

removal; excision; resection

-flexion

decreasing the angle between two bones

-genesis

producing; forming

-gravida

pregnant

-itis

inflammation

-pareunia

sexual intercourse

-parous

bearing bringing forth

-plasia

development; formation; growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhagia

fallopian tube; oviduct

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

discharge

-salpinx

fallopian tube; (oviduct); auditory (eustachian) tube

-scopy

visual examination

-stenosis

tightening; stricture

-stomy

new opening (to form a mouth)

-version

act of turning