Obstetrics

amni/o

amnion, amniotic fluid

cephal/o

head

chori/o

chorion

embry/o

embryo

esophag/o

esophagus

fet/i

fetus, unborn offspring

fet/o

fetus, unborn offspring

gravid/o

pregnancy

lact/o

milk

nat/o

birth

olig/o

scanty, few

omphal/o

umbilicus, navel

par/o

to bear, labor, childbirth, give birth to

part/o

to bear, labor, childbirth, give birth to

prim/i

first

pseud/o

false

puerper/o

childbirth

pylor/o

pylorus, pyloric sphincter

terat/o

malformations

a

no meaning, noun ending

-al

pertaining to

-amnios

amnion, amniotic fluid

-cyesis

pregnancy

-e

noun ending, no meaning

-gen

substance that produced, agent that produced

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-graphy

process of recording

-ic

pertaining to

-is

noun suffix, no meaning

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist who studies and treats, physician who studies and treats

-logy

study of

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-stenosis

constriction, narrowing

-tocia

birth, labor

-tomy

incision, cut into

-um

noun ending, no meaning

-us

noun ending, no meaning

ante-

before

dys-

painful, labored, difficult

micro-

small

multi-

many

nulli-

none

post-

after

pre-

before

neo-

new