Ch.14 Medterm

amni/o

aminion

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)

embry/o

embryo

episi/o

vulva

fet/o

fetus

gynec/o

female; woman

hem/o

blood

hymen/o

hymen

hyster/o

uterus

lump/o

lump;mass

ly/o

break down; dissolve; loosen

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

men/o

menses; menstruation

metr/o, metri/o

uterus

nat/i

birth

olig/o

scanty (very small)

oophor/o

ovary

ov/o, ovul/o

ovum (egg)

py/o

pus

salping/o

Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube

top/o

place; location; position

uter/o

uterus

vagin/o

vagina

vulv/o

vulva

ante-

before

neo-

new

nulli-

no; none

primi-

first

-arche

beginning

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

-cyesis

state of pregnancy

-gravida

pregnant

-partum

childbirth

-rrhagia

rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood)