unit 12 reproductive system word parts and medical terminology flashcards

Amni/o

Amnion; inner fetal membrane

Andr/o

Male

-blast

Embryonic; tissue-building cell

Blast/o

Developing cell

Chori/o

Chorion; outer fetal membrane

Circum

Around

-cis/o

Cut

Colp/o

Vagina

Crypt/o

Hidden

Culd/o

Cul-de-sac; a blind pouch

Cyesis

Pregnancy

Ecto-

Out, outside, outer layer

Ectop-

Misplaced

Embry/o-

Embryo

Epididym/o

Epididymis; structure on testicle surface

Episi/o

Perineum; pelvis floor

Fetal

Fetus, unborn child

Follicle

Small secreting sac

Genit/o

Reproductive organs

Gonad/o

Gonads; sex glands

Gravid/o

Pregnancy

Gynec/o

Female

Gyn/o

Female

Hymen/o

Hymen; vaginal entrance covering

Hyster/o

Uterus

Lact/o

Milk

Mamm/o

Breast

Mast/o

Breast

Mastoid

Resembling a breast; bone of the skull

Men/o

Menstruation

Meso

Middle

Metr/o

Uterine tissue

Natus

Birth, newborn

Natal

Birth, newborn

O/o

Ova (eggs); female sex cells

Oophor/o

Ovary

Orchi/o

Testes

Orchid/o

Testes

-orrhagia

Rapid flow;

-orrhea

Discharge

Ova

Egg

-partum

Labor or to give birth, delivery

Pelv/i-

Pelvis

Polyp/o

Small growth

Prostat/o

Prostate gland

Salping/o

Uterine tube or fallopian tube

Spermat/o

Spermatozoa; male sex cells

Strat-

Layer

Test/o

Testicles

Testicul/o

Testicles

-tocia

Labor (birth)

Urethr/o

Urethra

Uter/o

Uterus

Vagin/o

Vagina

Vulv/o

Vulva; female external genitalia

Balan/o

Penis

Balanitis

Inflammation of the penis

Balanoplasty

Surgical repair of the penis

Bilateral salpingoophorectomy

Removal of the uterine tubes and the ovaries on both sides

Cryptorchidism

Hidden or undescended testes

Dysmenorrhea

Painful menstrual flow

Ectoderm

Outer layer of an embryo

Ectopic

displaced (such as pregnancy in the uterine tube)

Endoderm

Inside layer of an embryo

Endometriosis

Condition of endometrium (growing outside of the uterus)

Genital

The reproductive organs

Gonadotropic

Influence on the reproductive organs

Gonads

Reproductive organs

Gynecologist

A specialist of female reproductive disorders

Gynecology

Study of the female and female reproduction

Hymenotomy

Incision into the hymen

Hysterectomy

Removal of the uterus

Hysterogram

Picture (or x-ray) of the uterus

Hysteroscope

Instrument to view within the uterus

Lactation

Milk production

Leukorrhea

White discharge

Mammogram

Picture (x-ray) of the breast

Mastopexy

Surgical fixation of the breast

Menarche

Beginning of the menstrual cycle

Menopause

End of the menstrual cycle

Menstrual

Menstrual cycle or menses

Mesoderm

Middle layer

Myometrium

The muscular uterine tissue

Oocyte

Egg cell

Oophoritis

Inflammation of the ovary

Oophoropathy

Disease of the ovary

Orchidalgia

Pain in the testes

Orchiectomy

Removal of the testes

Orchiepididymitis

Inflammation of the testes and the epididymis

Orchiopathy

Disease of the testes

Orchitis

Inflammation of the testes

Ova

Egg

Ovary

Female organ that forms eggs

Parturition

Childbirth

Perimetrium

Around the uterus

Postpartum

After birth

Prenatal

Before birth

Prolactin

Stimulates the production of milk

Prostatalgia

Pain in the prostate

Prostatectomy

Removal of the prostate