TLM Chap 8 Female Repro

The language of Medicine Chapter 8 Female Reproductive system

Colp/o

vagina

uld/o

cul-de-sac

episi/o

vulva

galact/o, lact/o

milk

hyster/o

uterus, womb

metr/o

uterus

my/o, myom

muscle, muscle tumor

nat/

birth

obstetr/o

pregnancy and childbirth

o/o

egg

oophor/o, ovari/o

ovary

ovul/o

egg, ov/o

phor/o

to bear

salping/o, -salpinx

fallopian tubes

-arche

beginnin

-cyesis

pregnancy

-gravida

pregnant

-parous

bearing, bringing forth

-rrhea

discharge

-tocia

labor, birth

-version

act of turning

endo-

within

nulli-

no, not, none