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9.1 Male Reproductiv
Combining Forms of Male Reproductive System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ablat/o- | take away; destroy |
| adolesc/o- | the beginning of being an adult |
| andr/o- | male |
| aspir/o- | to breathe in; to suck in |
| balan/o- | glans penis |
| bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue |
| bulb/o- | like a bulb |
| cancer/o- | cancer |
| cis/o- | to cut |
| clinic/o- | medicine |
| coit/o- | sexual intercourse |
| crypt/o- | hidden |
| defici/o- | lacking; inadequate |
| didym/o- | testis |
| digit/o- | digit (finger or toe) |
| ejaculat/o- | to expel suddenly |
| erect/o- | to stand up |
| fer/o- | to bear |
| fertil/o- | able to conceive a child |
| genit/o- | genitalia |
| gen/o- | arising from; produced by |
| gon/o- | seed(ovum or sperm) |
| gynec/o- | female; woman |
| immun/o- | immune response |
| incis/o- | to cut into |
| inguin/o- | groin |
| interstiti/o- | spaces within tissue |
| laborat/o- | workplace; testing place |
| malign/o- | intentionally causing harm |
| mast/o- | breast; mastoid process |
| mit/o- | threadlike structure |
| morph/o- | shape |
| motil/o- | movement |
| olig/o- | scanty; few |
| orchi/o- | testis |
| orch/o- | testis |
| pareun/o- | sexual intercourse |
| pen/o- | penis |
| perine/o- | perineum |
| phim/o- | closed tight |
| priap/o- | persistent erection |
| product/o- | produce |
| prostat/o- | prostate gland |
| puber/o- | growing up |
| rect/o- | rectum |
| resect/o- | to cut out and remove |
| scient/o- | science; knowledge |
| scrot/o- | a bad; scrotum |
| semin/i- | spermatozoon; sperm |
| semin/o- | sperm |
| son/o- | sound |
| spermat/o- | sperm |
| sperm/o- | sperm |
| testicul/o- | testis; testicle |
| test/o- | testis; testicle |
| troph/o- | development |
| tub/o- | tube |
| urethr/o- | urethra |
| urin/o- | urine; urinary system |
| ur/o- | urine; urinary system |
| varic/o- | varix; varicose vein |
| vas/o- | blood vessel; vas defense |
| venere/o- | sexual intercourse |
| vir/o- | virus |