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female rep vocab
Term | Definition |
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amni/o | amnion |
cervic/o | neck;cervix |
chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
colp/o | vagina |
culd/o | cul-de-sac |
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 |
hem/o | blood |
hymen/o | hymen |
hyster/o | uterus |
labi/o | lip |
lact/o | milk |
ligat/o | binding; tying |
lump/o | lump; mass |
ly/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 |
olig/o | scanty |
oophor/o | ovary |
ov/o, ovul/o | ovum |
ovari/o | ovary |
perine/o | perineum |
py/o | pus |
salping/o | eustachian tube, fallopian tube |
top/o | place; location; position |
uter/o | uterus |
vagin/o | vagina |
vulv/o | vulva |
a- | not; without |
ante- | before |
dys- | painful; difficult |
ec- | out; outside |
endo- | in; within |
multi- | many |
neo- | new |
nulli- | no; none |
peri- | around; surrounding |
poly- | many; much |
post- | after; behind |
pre- | before; in front of |
primi- | first |
pseudo- | false |
tri- | three |
-al, -an, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ine | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-arche | beginning |
-ation | process; condition |
-cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove |
-cyesis | state of pregnancy |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-gram | record; image |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gravida | pregnant |
-ion | process; state; condition |
-itis | inflammation |
–logist | specialist |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-para | to bear (offspring) |
-partum | childbirth |
-plasia | development, formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhagia | rapid 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 |