Ch 8. Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes

amni/o

amnion

bartholin/o

bartholin gland

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, mast/o

breasts

men/o

menses, menstruations

metr/o, uter/o

uterus

my/o

muscle

myom/o

muscle tumor

nat/i

birth

obstetr/o

midwife

o/o

egg

oophor/o, ovari/o

ovary

ov/o, ovul/o

egg

perine/o

perineum

phor/o

to bear

salping/o

fallopian tubes

vagin/o

vagina

vulv/o

vulva

-arche

beginning

-cyesis, -gravida

pregnancy

-parous

to bear, bring forth

-rrhea

discharge

-salpinx

uterine tube

-tocia

labor, birth

-version

act of turning

dys-

painful

endo-

within

in-

in

intra-

within

multi-

many

nulli-

no, not, none

pre-

before

primi-

first

retro-

backward