Combining forms for gynecology
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| ablat/o- | take away; destroy
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| abort/o- | stop premataturely
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| acr/o- | extremity; highest point
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| aden/o- | gland
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| adnex/o- | accessory connecting parts
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| amni/o- | amnion (fetal membrane)
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| anastom/o- | create an opening between two structures
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| areol/o- | small area around the nipple
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| aspir/o- | to breath in; to suck in
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| augment/o- | increase in size or degree
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| bilirubin/o- | bilirubin
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| bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue
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| cancer/o- | cancer
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| candid/o- | candida
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| carcin/o- | cancer
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| cephal/o- | head
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| cervic/o- | neck; cervix
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| chol/o- | bil; gall
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| chorion/o- | chorion
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| chrom/o- | color
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| colo/o- | vagina
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| concept/o- | to conceive or form
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| con/o- | cone
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| construct/o- | to build
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| contract/o- | pull together
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| cry/o- | cold
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| culd/o- | cul-de-sac
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| cyan/o- | blue
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| cyst/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cyst
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| cyt/o- | cell
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| depress/o- | press down
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| dilat/o- | dilate; widen
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| dissect/o- | to cut apart
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| dors/o- | back; dorsum
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| dur/o- | dura mater
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| eclamps/o- | a seizure
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| ectop/o- | outside of a place
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| efface/o- | do away with; obliterate
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| embol/o- | embolus
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| embryon/o- | embryo; immature form
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| episi/o- | vulva
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| esthes/o- | sensation; feeling
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| estr/a- | female
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| estr/o- | female
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| excis/o- | to cut out
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| fallopi/o- | uterine tube
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| fer/o- | to bear
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| fertil/o- | able to conceive a child
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| fet/o- | fetus
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| fibr/o- | fiber
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| flex/o- | bending
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| fratern/o- | close association or relationship
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| fund/o- | fundus
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| galact/o- | milk
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| gene/o- | gene
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| genit/o- | genitalia
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| lith/o- | stone
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| lob/o- | lobe of an organ
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| log/o- | word; the study of
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| ly/o- | break down; destroy
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| malign/o- | intentionally causing harm
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| mamm/a- | breast
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| mamm/o- | breast
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| manu/o- | hand
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| mast/.o- | breast
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| melan/o- | black
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| men/o- | month
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| menstru/o- | monthly discharge of blood
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| metri/o- | uterus
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| metr/o- | measurement: uterus
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| mult/i- | many
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| my/o- | muscle
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| myx/o- | mucus-like substance
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| nat/o- | birth
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| ne/o- | new
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| nuch/o- | neck
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| null/i- | none
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| obstetr/o- | pregnancy and childbirth
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| olig/o- | scanty; few
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| om/o- | tumor; mass
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| o/o- | ovum
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| oophor/o- | ovary
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| ovari/o- | ovary
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| ov/i- | ovum
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| ov/o- | ovum
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| ovul/o- | ovum
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| ox/y- | oxygen
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| pareun/o- | sexual intercourse
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| pariet/o- | wall of a cavity
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| par/o- | birth
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| part/o- | childbirth
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| parturit/o- | to be in labor
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| ped/o- | child
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| pelv/o- | pelvis
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| pendul/o- | hanging down
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| perine/o- | perineum
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| phor/o- | to bear; to carry
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| phot/o- | light
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| phylact/o- | guarding; protecting
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| physic/o- | body
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| placent/o- | placenta
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| plasm/o- | plasma
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| plas/o- | growth; formation
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| pne/o- | breathing
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| pregn/o- | being with child
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| prim/i- | first
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| product/o- | produce
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| py/o- | pus
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| radic/o- | all parts including the root
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| recept/o- | receive
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| rect/o- | rectum
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| reduct/o- | to bring back; decrease
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| rrhag/o- | excessive flow or discharge
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| sacr/o- | sacrum
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| sarc/o- | connective tissue
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| gen/o- | arising from; produced by
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| gestat/o- | from conception to birth
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| gonad/o- | gonads
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| gon/o- | seed
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| gynec/o- | female; woman
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| hem/o- | blood
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| hydatidi/o- | fluid-filled vesicles
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| hydr/o- | water
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| hyster/o- | uterus
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| iatr/o- | physician; medical treatment
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| incis/o- | to cut into
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| induct/o- | a leading in
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| inflammat/o- | redness and warmth
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| inject/o- | insert; to put in
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| insemin/o- | plant a seed
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| involut/o- | enlarged organ returns to normal size
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| isch/o- | keep back; block
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| labi/o- | lip; labium
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| lact/o- | milk
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| lact/i- | milk
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| lapar/o- | abdomen
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| later/o- | side
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| lei/o- | smooth
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| leuk/o- | white
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| ligat/o- | to tie up; to bind
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| salping/o- | uterine tube (Fallopian tube)
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| scop/o- | examine with an intrument
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| secret/o- | produce; secrete
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| son/o- | sound
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| spir/o- | breathe; a coil
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| stal/o- | contraction
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| stere/o- | three dimensions
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| surg/o- | operative procedure
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| suspens/o- | hanging
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| tact/o- | touch
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| therapeut/o- | treatment
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| toc/o- | labor and childbirth
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| tox/o- | poison
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| trop/o- | having an affinity for; stimulating; truning
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| tub/o- | tube
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| umbilic/o- | umbilicus; naval
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| urethr/o- | urethra
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| urin/o- | urine; urinary system
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| ur/o- | urine; urinary system
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| uter/o- | uterus (womb)
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| vagin/o- | vagina
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| vers/o- | to travel; to turn
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| vulv/o- | vulva
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| xer/o- | dry
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