Question | Answer |
amni/o | amnion, fetal membrane |
ante- | before |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
colp/o | vagina |
crypt/o | hidden |
culd/o | blind, pouch |
didym/o | testes, twins, double |
dys- | painful, bad, difficult |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
endo- | in, within, inside |
epi- | above, upon, on |
embry/o | fertilized, ovum, embryo |
episi/o | vulva |
fet/o | fetus, unborn child |
-gravida | pregnant women |
hyster/o | uterus |
-ism | condition, state of |
-itis | inflammation |
leuk/o | white |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
metri/o | uterus |
multi- | many, much |
nat/i | birth |
neo- | new |
nulli- | none |
olig/o | scanty, few |
orchid/o | testicle, testis, testes |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-otomy | surgical incision |
par/o | to bear, bring forth, labor |
-para | to bear, bring forth |
part/o | to bring forth |
paus/o | stopping |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
post- | after behind |
primi- | first |
pareuni/o | sexual intercourse |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
rect/o | rectum, straight |
retro- | behind, backward, back of |
-rrhagia | abnormal or excessive discharge |
-rrhea | abnormal flow, discharge |
sperm/o | sperm, seed |
-version | to turn |
-us | thing, pertaining to |
amniocentesis | surgical puncture to remove amniotic fluid |
dysmenorrhea | painful uterine cramping during menstruation |
leukorrhea | profuse white mucous discharge from the vagina |
mammoplasty | surgical repair or restructuring of the breast |
oligospermia | abnormally low sperm count |
orchiopexy | fixation in the scrotum of undescened testes |
rectocele | when part of the rectum herniates into the vagina |
retroversion | abnormal backward tipping of the uterus |
BPH | benign prostatic hypertrophy, abnormal enlargement of prostate |
circumcision | surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis |
D & C | dilation and curettage; dilation of the cervix and scraping of the uterus |
epididymitis | inflammation of the epididymis in testes |
episiotomy | surgical incision of the perineum and vagina for childbirth |
menometrorrhagia | excessive bleeding during menses and or between menses |
multiparous | woman who has given birth 2 or more times |
neonate | infant during the first 4 weeks after birth |
nulligravida | woman who has never been pregnant |
oligomenorrhea | markedly reduced menstrual flow or abnormally infrequent menstruation |
postpartum | time after a women has delivered a baby |
primigravida | woman during her first pregnancy |
cryptorchidism | undescended testes |
endometriosis | condition where the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus |
fimbriae | finger-like projections that move the ova into the fallopian tubes |
hypospadias | males: urethral opening is on the underside of the penis; females: urethral opening is in the vagina |
impotence | inability to achieve or maintain an erection long enough to engage in sexual intercourse |
perineum | The area between the opening of the vagina and the anus in a woman, or the area between the scrotum and the anus in a man |
PID | pelvic inflammatory diseasae |
STD | sexually transmitted disease |
amnion | innermost membrane that surrounds the embryo |
contraception | prevention of pregnancy |
fertilization | the act of the sperm and ova becoming one |
lactation | process of forming and secreting milk from the breast |
menarche | very first menstrual flow |
parturition | act of giving birth, labor, childbirth |
Gynecologist | physician who specializes in the female reproductive system |
zygote | diploid cell resulting from union of egg (ova)and sperm |
corpus luteum | glandular mass formed in the ovary after ovulation |
priapism | a condition that causes a persistent, and often painful, penile erection |
men/o | menses, menstruation |
metr/o | uterus |