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CWI Med Term Chapter 13 word building
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abort/o- | stop prematurely |
| adnex/o- | accessory connecting parts |
| amni/o- | amnion (fetal membrane) |
| areol/o- | small area around the nipple |
| cephal/o- | head |
| cervic/o- | neck; cervix |
| chorion/o- | chorion (fetal membrane) |
| colp/o- | vagina |
| concept/o- | to conceive or form |
| eclamps/o- | a seizure |
| embryon/o- | embryo; immature form |
| episi/o- | vulva |
| estr/a | female |
| estr/o- | female |
| fallopi/o- | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| fertil/o- | able to conceive a child |
| fet/o- | fetus |
| galact/o- | milk |
| genit/o- | genitalia |
| gestat/o- | from conception to birth |
| gonad/o- | gonads (ovaries and testes) |
| gon/o- | seed (ovum or spermatozoon) |
| gynec/o- | female; woman |
| hyster/o- | uterus (womb) |
| insemin/o- | plant a seed |
| labi/o- | lip; labium |
| lact/i | milk |
| lact/o- | milk |
| lei/o- | smooth |
| mamm/a- | breast |
| mamm/o- | breast |
| mast/o- | breast; mastoid process |
| men/o- | month |
| menstru/o- | monthly discharge of blood |
| metri/o- | uterus (womb) |
| metr/o- | uterus (womb) |
| nat/o- | birth |
| null/i | none |
| obstetr/o- | pregnancy and childbirth |
| o/o- | ovum (egg) |
| oophor/o- | ovary |
| ovari/o- | ovary |
| ov/i | ovum (egg) |
| ov/o- | ovum (egg) |
| ovul/o- | ovum (egg) |
| pareun/o- | sexual intercourse |
| par/o- | birth |
| parturit/o- | to be in labor |
| placent/o- | placenta |
| pregn/o- | being with child |
| prim/o- | first |
| salping/o- | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| toc/o- | labor and childbirth |
| uter/o- | uterus (womb) |
| vagin/o- | vagina |
| vulv/o- | vulva |