Ch 14 Med Term

amni/o

amnion

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

chori/o, chorion/o

chorion

colp/o

vagina

culd/o

cul-de-sac (cavity closed at one end)

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac, bladder

dilat/o

to enlarge or expand

embry/o

embryo

episi/o

vulva

fet/o

fetus

fibr/o

fiber

gynec/o

female; woman

hem/o

blood

hymen/o

hymen

hyster/o

uterus

labi/o

lip

lact/o

milk

ligat/o

binding; tying

lump/o

lump; mass

ly/o

breakdown; dissolve; loosen

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

men/o

menses; menstruation

metr/o, metri/o

uterus

my/o

muscle

nat/i

birth

olig/o

scanty (very small)

oophor/o

ovary

ov/o, ovul/o

ovum (egg)

ovari/o

ovary

perine/o

perineum

py/o

pus

salping/o

Eustachian (auditory) tube; Fallopian tube

top/o

place; location; position

uter/o

uterus

vagin/o

vagina

vulv/o

vulva

a-

not; without

ante-

before

dys-

painful; difficult

ec-

out; outside

endo-

in; within

multi-

many

neo-

new

nulli-

no; none

peri-

around; surrounding

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

primi-

first

pseudo-

false

tri-

three

\-al, -an, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ine

pertaining to

\-algia

pain

\-arche

beginning

\-ation

process; condition

\-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

\-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

\-cyesis

state of pregnancy

\-ectomy

surigcal removal; excision

\-gram

record; image

\-graphy

process of recording

\-gravida

pregnant

\-ion

process; state; condition

\-itis

inflammation

\-logist

specialist

\-logy

study of

\-lysis

breakdown; separation; loosening

\-osis

abnormal condition

\-para

to bear (offspring)

\-partum

childbirth

\-plasia

development; formation

\-plasty

surgical repair

\-rrhagia

rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood)

\-rrhaphy

suture

\-rrhea

flow; excessive discharge

\-rrhexis

rupture

\-salpinx

fallopian tube

\-scope

instrument used to view

\-scopy

visual examination using a scope

\-tomy

process of cutting; incision

\-um

structure; tissue; thing