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Terminology
Question | Answer |
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amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
cervic/o | neck;cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
colp/o vagin/o | vagina |
galact/o lact/o | milk |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hyster/o metri/o uter/o | uterus (womb) |
mamm/o mast/o | breast |
men/o | menses, menstruation |
metr/o | uterus (womb); measure |
oophor/o ovary/o ovari/o | ovary |
perine/o | perineum |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-gravida | pregnant woman |
-para | to bear (off-spring) |
-tocia | childbirth, labour |
-version | turning |
ante- | before, in front of |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
endo- | in, within |
multi- | many, much |
primi- | first |
albumin/o | albumin, protein |
azot/o | nitrogenous compounds |
balan/o | glans penis |
corp/o corpor/o | body |
crypt/o | hidden |
cyst/o vesic/o | bladder |
epididym/o | epididymis |
episi/o | vulva |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
hem/o | blood |
kal/i | potassium |
kern/o | kernel (nucleus) |
ket/o keton/o | ketone bodies |
lapar/o | abdomen |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
meat/o | opening, meatus |
nephr/o ren/o | kidney |
noct/o | night |
obstetr/o | midwife |
olig/o | scanty |
orch/o orchi/o orchid/o test/o | testis, testes |
phim/o | muzzle |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
schiz/o | split |
sperm/i sperm/o spermat/o | spermatozoa, sperm cells |
ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
urethr/o | urethra |
uter/o | uterus |
vas/o | vessel;vas deferens;duct |
vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
-al -ary -ic | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-arche | beginning |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-gen -genesis | forming;producing;origin |
-gram | record, writing |
-ia -ism | condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-osis | abnormal condition;increase |
-pathy | disease |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-poiesis | formation;production |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-scopy | visual examination |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-uria | urine |
a-, an- | without, not |
circum- | around |
contra- | against, opposite |
dia- | through, across |
ec- | out, out from |
ecto- | outside, outward |
epi- | above, beyond |
hypo- | under, below, deficient |
im- | not |
in- | in, not |
neo- | new |
nulli- | none |
poly- | many, much |
pseudo- | false |
retro- | backward, behind |
tri- | three |
salping/o -salpinx | tube (eustachian or fallopian) |