Unit 5 medical word elements

Amni/o

Amnion, amniotic sac

Cervic/o

Neck, cervix uteri

Colp/o, vagin/o

Vagina

Galact/o, lact/o

Milk

Gynec/o

Woman, female

Hyster/o, metri/o, uter/o

Uterus

Mamm/o, mast/o

Breast

Men/o

Menses, menstruation

Metr/o

Uterus, measure

Nat/o

Birth

Oophor/o, ovari/o

Ovary

Perine/o

Perineum

Salping/o

Tube

-arche

Beginning (suffix)

-cyesis

Pregnancy (suffix)

-gravida

Pregnant woman (suffix)

-para

To bear (suffix)

-salpinx

Tube (suffix)

-tocia

Childbirth, labor (suffix)

-version

Turning (suffix)

Primi-

First (prefix)

Andr/o

Male

Balan/o

Glans penis

Crypt/o

Hidden

Epididym/o

Epididymis

Genit/o

Genitalia

Gonad/o

Gonads, sex glands

Gon/o

Seed (ovum or spermatozoon)

Orch/o, orchi,o, orchid/o, test/o

Testis

Prostat/o

Prostate gland

Spermat/o, sperm/o

Spermatozoa, sperm cells

Varic/o

Dilated vein

Vas/o

Bessel, vas deferens, duct

Vesicul/o

Seminal vesicle

-cide

Killing (suffix)

-spadias

Slit, fissure

Adren/o, adrenal/o

Adrenal glands

Calc/o

Calcium

Crin/o

Secrete

Gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o

Sugar, sweetness

Parathyroid/o

Parathyroid glands

Thyr/o, thyroid/o

Thyroid gland

-dipsia

Thirst (suffix)