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Chap 13-14 Terms
reproductive system
Question | Answer |
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andr/o | male |
balan/o | glans penis |
cauter/o | heat; burn |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
electr/o | electricity |
epididym/o | epididymis |
gon/o | seed |
gyn/o, gynec/o | female; woman |
hydro/o | water |
mast/o | breast |
olig/o | scanty (very small) |
onc/o | tumor |
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testis; testicle |
plas/o | developement; formation |
protat/o | prostate gland |
semin/i | semen; seed |
sperm/o, spermat/o | spermatozoa; sperm |
test/o | testis; testicle |
urethr/o | urethra |
varic/o | varicose veins |
vas/o | vessel; duct |
vener/o | sexual contact |
vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
zo/o | animal, life |
a-, an- | not; without |
anti- | against |
epi- | on; over; upon |
hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
hypo- | below |
por- | through |
peri- | around, surrounding |
post- | after; behind |
trans- | across |
ultra- | beyond; excessive |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
-ant | substance that promotes |
-ation | process; condition |
-cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-genesis | formation |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-in, -ine | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
-ism | process; condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
-megaly | enlargement |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-pexy | surgical dixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
-stomy | surgical opening |
-tomy | process of cutting; incision |
-trophy | condition of growth or development |
-um. -us | structure; tissue; thing |
-uria | urination; condition of urine |
-y | process; state |
amni/o | amnion |
cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
colp/o | vagina |
culd/o | cul-de-sac (cavity closed at one end) |
cyst/o | cyst; fluid sac, bladder |
dilat/o | to enlarge or expand |
embry/o | embryo |
episi/o | vulva |
fet/o | fetus |
fibr/o | fiber |
gynec/o | female; woman |
hem/o | blood |
hymen/o | hymen |
hyster/o | uterus |
labi/o | lip |
lact/o | milk |
ligat/o | binding; tying |
lump/o | lump; mass |
y/o | break down; dissolve; loosen |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
men/o | menses; menstruation |
metr/o, metri/o | uterus |
my/o | muscle |
nat/i | birth |
oophor/o | ovary |
ov/o, ovul/o | ovum (egg |
ovari/o | ovary |
perine/o | perineum |
py/o | pus |
salping/o | Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube |
top/o | place; location; position |
uter/o | uterus |
vagin/o | vagina |
vulv/o | vulva |
ante- | before |
dys- | painful; difficulr |
ec- | out; outside |
endo- | in;within |
multi- | many |
neo- | new |
nulli- | no;one |
peri- | around; surrounding |
poly- | many; much |
post- | after; behind |
pre- | before; in front of |
primi- | frist |
pseudo- | false |
tri- | three |
-algia | pain |
-arche | beginning |
-ation | process; condition |
-cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cyesis | state of pregnancy |
-ectomy | surfical removal; excision |
-gram | record; image |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gravida | pregnant |
-ion | process; state; condition |
-itis | inflmmation |
-logist | sepcialist |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-para | to bear (offspring) |
-partum | childbirth |
-plasia | development; formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhagia | repaid flow; bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-salpinx | fallopian tube |
-scope | instrument used to view |
-scopy | visual examination using a scope |
-tomy | process of cutting; incision |
-um | structure; tissue; thing |