Chapter 8 Terms

amni/o

amnion

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

cervix, neck

chori/o, chorion/o

chorion

colp/o

vagina

culd/o

cul-de-sac

episi/o

vulva

galact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o

uterus, womb

lact/o

milk

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

men/o

menses, menstruation

metr/o

uterus

my/o

muscle

myom/o

muscle tumor

nat/i

birth

obstetr/o

midwife

olig/o

scanty

o/o

egg

oophor/o

ovary

ov/o

egg

ovari/o

ovary

ovul/o

egg

perine/o

perineum

phor/o

to bear

salping/o

fallopian tubes

-arche

beginning

-cele

hernia

-cyesis

pregnancy

-ectasis

stretching, dilation

-ectomy

removal, excision

-flexion

flexible

-genesis

producing, forming

-gravida

pregnancy

-pareunia

sexual intercourse

-parous

to bear, bring forth

-plasia

development, formation

-ptosis

dropping, sagging

-rrhagia

bursting forth

-rraphy

suture

-rrhea

discharge

-salpinx

uterine tube

-scopy

visual examination

-stenosis

new opening

-tocia

labor, birth

-tomy

process of cutting

-tresia

opening

-version

act of turning

bi-

two

dys-

painful

endo-

within

intra-

within

nulli-

no, not, none

oxy-

swift, sharp

peri-

surrounding

pre-

before

primi-

first

psuedo-

false

amni/o

amnion

bartholin/o

bartholin gland

cervic/o

cervix, neck