med term 9-10 just vocab

reproductive and endocrine

amni/ o

amnion (amniotic sac)

cervic/ o

neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

colp/ o, vagin/ o

vagina

episi/ o, vulv/o

vulva

galact/ o, lact/ o

milk

gynec/ o

woman, female

hyster/ o, uter/ o

uterus (womb)

lapar/ o

abdomen

mamm/ o, mast/ o

breast

men/ o

menses, menstruation

metr/ o

uterus (womb), measure

nat/ o

birth

oophor/ o, ovari/ o

ovary

perine/ o

perineum

salping/ o, -salpinx

tube, usually fallopian or eustachian (auditory)

-arche

beginning

-cyesis

pregnancy

-gen, -genesis

forming, producing, origin

-gram

record, writing

-gravida

pregnant woman

-oid

resembling

-para

to bear (offspring)

-partum, -tocia

childbirth, labor

-pathy

disease

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-rrhagia

bursting forth (from)

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhaphy

suture

-version

turning

bi-

two

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

endo-

in, within

epi-

above, upon

pre-

before, in front of

primi-

first

pseudo-

false

retro-

backward, behind

andr/ o

male

balan/ o

glans penis

gon/ o

seed (ovum or spermatozoon)

gonad/ o

gonads, sex glands

hyp/ o, hypo-

under, below, deficient

olig/ o

scanty

orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o

testis (plural testies)

prostat/ o

prostate gland

spermat/o, sperm/i, sperm/o

spermatozoa, sperm cells

varic/ o

dilated vein

vas/ o

vessel, vas deferens, duct

vesicul/ o

seminal vesicle

-cele

hernia, swelling

-cide

killing

-ia, -ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-scopy

visual examination

-spadias

slit, fissure

-tomy

incision

aden/ o

gland

adrenal/ o, adren/ o

adrenal glands

calc/ o

calcium

gluc/ o, glyc/ o

sugar, sweetness

home/ o

same, alike

pancreat/ o

pancreas

parathyroid/ o

parathyroid gland

pituitar/ o gland

pituitary gland

thym/ o

thymus gland

thyr/ o, thyroid/ o

thyroid gland

toxic/ o, -toxic

poison

-al

pertaining to

-crine

to secrete

-dipsia

thirst

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-logist

specialist in study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-stasis

standing still

hyper-

excessive, above normal

poly-

many, much

-plegia

paralysis

fertilization

union of male and female gametes to form a zygote, leading to the development of a new individual

gamete

reproductive cell (spermatozoon in the male and ovum in the female)

infertility

persistent inability to conceive a child

neonate

infant from birth to 28 days of age

ova

female reproductive cells (plural of ovum)

postpartum

occurring after childbirth

homeostasis

Ability of the body to maintain a state of equilibrium within its internal environment, regardless of changing conditions in the outside environment

hormone

Chemical substance produced by specialized cells of the body; it works slowly and affects many different processes, including growth and development, sexual function, mood, and metabolism

metabolism

Sum of all chemical and physical processes occurring within living cells

-tropin

stimulate

crypt

hidden

-rrhexis

rupture

hirsut

hairy

-lysis

destruction

-pause

cease