Female Reproductive System Word Parts

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition

-arche

beginning

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-lysis

breakdown; separation; loosening

-gram

record; image

-ation

process, condition

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

pertaining to

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-logist

specialist

-gravida

pregnant

-para

to bear (offspring)

-algia

pain

-cyesis

state of pregnancy

-partum

childbirth

-ion

process; state; condition

-graphy

process of recording

-cele

hernia, swelling; protrusion

-plasia

development; formation

-logy

study of

cyst/o

bladder, fluid sac, cyst

amni/o

amnion

embry/o

embryo

hymen/o

hymen

ov/o, ovul/o

ovum (egg)

metr/o, metri/o

uterus

lump/o

lump; mass

oophor/o

ovary

labi/o

lip

nat/o

birth

hyster/o

uterus

my/o

muscle

olig/o

scanty (very small)

mamm/o

breast

ly/o

break down; dissolve; loosen

ligat/o

binding/tying

hem/o

blood

mast/o

breast

lact/o

milk

ovari/o

ovary

perine/o

perineum

men/o

menses;menstruation

chori/o; chorion/o

chorion

culd/o

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

fet/o

fetus

post-

after; behind

colp/o

vagina

ec-

out; outside

vagin/o

vagina

fibr/o

fiber

cervic/o

neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

episi/o

vulva

pre-

before; in front of

gynec/o

female, woman

peri-

around; surrounding

dilat/o

to enlarge, expand

top/o

place; location; position

neo-

new

salping/o

eustachian tube, auditory tube; fallopian tube

ante-

before

a-

not; without

dys-

painful; difficult

vulv/o

vulva

uter/o

uterus

endo-

in; within

primi-

first

multi-

many

pseudo-

false

nulli-

no; none

poly-

many; much

tri-

three

py/o

pus