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ML 12
ML 12 - Male Genital and Reproductive Medicine - prefixes, combining forms, and
Question | Answer |
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-al | pertaining to |
a- | away from, without |
adolesc/o | the beginning of being an adult |
-ad | toward, in the direction of |
-ancy | state of |
andr/o | male |
anti- | against |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
aspir/o | to breathe in; to suck in |
-ation | a process; being or having |
balan/o | glans penis |
bi/o | life; living organisms; living tissue |
bulb/o | like a bulb |
cancer/o | cancer |
-cele | hernia |
chem/o | chemical, drug |
circum- | around |
cis/o | to cut |
clinic/o | medicine |
coit/o | sexual intercourse |
crypt/o | hidden |
-cyte | cell |
defici/o | lacking, inadequate |
-didymis | testes (twin structures) |
didym/o | testes (twin structures) |
digit/o | digit (finger or toe) |
dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
-ectomy | surgical excision |
ejaculat/o | to expel suddenly |
-ence | state of |
-ency | condition of being |
epi- | upon, above |
erect/o | to stand up |
-esis | condition |
extern/o | outside |
fer/o | to bear |
fertil/o | able to conceive a child |
-gen | that which produces |
genit/o | genitalia |
gen/o | arising from; produced by |
gon/o | seed (ovum or spermatozoon) |
-gram | a record or picture |
-graphy | process of recording |
gynec/o | female, woman |
hyper- | above, more than normal |
-ia | condition, state, thing |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ile | pertaining to |
-ility | having the quality of |
immun/o | immune response |
in- | in, within, not |
incis/o | to cut into |
inguin/o | groin |
intern/o | inside |
interstiti/o | space within a tissue |
-ion | action; condition |
-ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-itis | inflammation of |
-ity | state; condition |
-ive | pertaining to |
laborat/o | workplace; testing place |
-logy | the study of |
malign/o | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
mast/o | breast; mastoid bone |
mit/o | threadlike structure |
morph/o | shape |
mot/o | movement |
olig/o | scanty |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-opsy | the process of viewing |
orchi/o | testis |
orch/o | testis |
-ory | having the function of |
-osis | condition, abnormal condition, process |
-ous | pertaining to |
pareun/o | sexual intercourse |
pen/o | penis |
perine/o | perineum |
-pexy | process of surgically fixing in place |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
product/o | produce |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
puber/o | growing up |
re- | again and again; backward; unable to |
rect/o | rectum |
resect/o | to cut out and remove |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
scient/o | knowledge; science |
-scope | instrument used to examine |
scrot/o | a bag; scrotum |
semin/i | spermatozoon, sperm |
semin/o | spermatozoon, sperm |
-stomy | surgically created opening |
testicul/o | testis, testicle |
-therapy | treatment |
-tic | pertaining to |
trans- | across, through |
-trophy | process of development |
tub/o | tube |
-ty | quality or state |
-ule | small thing |
ultra- | beyond, higher |
urethr/o | urethra |
urin/o | urine; urinary system |
ur/o | urine; urinary system |
varic/o | varix, varicose vein |
vas/o | blood vessel; vas deferens |
venere/o | sexual intercourse |
vir/o | virus |
-zoon | animal; living thing |
son/o | sound |
spermat/o | spermatozoon, sperm |
sperm/o | spermatozoon, sperm |