female reproduction

  • syn-: together, with

  • cyst/o: sac, bladder

  • -ation: condition, process

  • lip/o: fat

  • -rrhagia: flow profusely

  • -dynia: pain

  • -ic: pertaining to

  • poly-: much, many

  • vers/o: to turn

  • galact/o: milk

  • retro-: backward

  • curett/o: to cleanse

  • gynec/o: female

  • vulv/o: female external genitalia

  • -ion: action, condition

  • -itis: inflammation

  • -age: related to

  • episi/o: vulva

  • hyster/o: uterus

  • -graphy: process of recording

  • amni/o: membrane around fetus

  • -tic: pertaining to

  • pareun/o: sexual intercourse

  • a-: no, not, without

  • ovul/o: egg

  • primi-: first

  • o/o: egg

  • fibr/o: fiber

  • rect/o: rectum

  • intra-: within

  • -pnea: breathing, to breathe

  • drome: to run, running

  • vagin/o: vagina

  • mast/o: breast

  • di-: two

  • -rrhea: flow, discharge

  • my/o: muscle

  • auto-: self

  • ante-: before, forward

  • -oma: tumor

  • -centesis: surgical puncture

  • granul/o: granule

  • fer/o: to bear, carry

  • -ary: pertaining to

  • colp/o: vagina

  • emesis: vomiting

  • neo-: new

  • -cide: to kill

  • pre-: before

  • dilat/o: expand

  • ovari/o: ovary

  • zygot/o: yoked together

  • surg/o: to operate

  • lact/i: milk

  • -cele: hernia, swelling

  • -cyte: cell

  • gon/o: seed

  • para-: near, beside, abnormal

  • -oid: resembling

  • salping/o: fallopian tube

  • ectop/o: on the outside

  • aden/o: gland

  • nat/o: born

  • ligat/o: tie up

  • men/o: menses

  • peri-: around

  • gonad/o: sex organ

  • pro-: before

  • gravida: pregnant

  • terat/o: monster

  • multi-: many

  • -lysis: destruction, separation

  • -osa: like

  • in-: in, not

  • -logist: specialist in the study of

  • -tropin: stimulation of

  • -ician: expert, specialist

  • -ectomy: excision

  • post-: after

  • -logy: study of

  • lei/o: smooth

  • -algia: pain

  • -ous: pertaining to

  • quadrant/o: quarter

  • -gen: to create, to produce

  • cry/o: icy cold

  • -al: pertaining to

  • gest/o: pregnancy

  • uter/o: uterus

  • -ia: condition

  • -osis: condition

  • plas/o: formation

  • -pexy: fixation

  • sperm/i: sperm

  • hyper-: excessive, above

  • -scopy: process of viewing

  • volut/o: roll up, shrink

  • umbilic/o: navel

  • function/o: perform

  • partum: childbirth

  • -tomy: incision

  • dys-: bad, painful, difficult

  • para: to bring forth

  • estr/o: woman

  • -dynia: pain

  • an-: no, not, without

  • metr/o: uterus, to measure

  • -gram: record

  • -ine: pertaining to

  • mamm/o: breast

  • -ery: process of

  • embry/o: a young one

  • mono-: one

  • urethr/o: tube from bladder

  • obstetr/o: midwifery

  • vestibul/o: entrance