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ML 12
ML 12 - Male Genital and Reproductive Medicine - prefixes, combining forms, and
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| a- | away from, without |
| adolesc/o | the beginning of being an adult |
| -ad | toward, in the direction of |
| -ancy | state of |
| andr/o | male |
| anti- | against |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| aspir/o | to breathe in; to suck in |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bi/o | life; living organisms; living tissue |
| bulb/o | like a bulb |
| cancer/o | cancer |
| -cele | hernia |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| circum- | around |
| cis/o | to cut |
| clinic/o | medicine |
| coit/o | sexual intercourse |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| -cyte | cell |
| defici/o | lacking, inadequate |
| -didymis | testes (twin structures) |
| didym/o | testes (twin structures) |
| digit/o | digit (finger or toe) |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| ejaculat/o | to expel suddenly |
| -ence | state of |
| -ency | condition of being |
| epi- | upon, above |
| erect/o | to stand up |
| -esis | condition |
| extern/o | outside |
| fer/o | to bear |
| fertil/o | able to conceive a child |
| -gen | that which produces |
| genit/o | genitalia |
| gen/o | arising from; produced by |
| gon/o | seed (ovum or spermatozoon) |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gynec/o | female, woman |
| hyper- | above, more than normal |
| -ia | condition, state, thing |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ility | having the quality of |
| immun/o | immune response |
| in- | in, within, not |
| incis/o | to cut into |
| inguin/o | groin |
| intern/o | inside |
| interstiti/o | space within a tissue |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -ity | state; condition |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| laborat/o | workplace; testing place |
| -logy | the study of |
| malign/o | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
| mast/o | breast; mastoid bone |
| mit/o | threadlike structure |
| morph/o | shape |
| mot/o | movement |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -opsy | the process of viewing |
| orchi/o | testis |
| orch/o | testis |
| -ory | having the function of |
| -osis | condition, abnormal condition, process |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| pareun/o | sexual intercourse |
| pen/o | penis |
| perine/o | perineum |
| -pexy | process of surgically fixing in place |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| product/o | produce |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| puber/o | growing up |
| re- | again and again; backward; unable to |
| rect/o | rectum |
| resect/o | to cut out and remove |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| scient/o | knowledge; science |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| scrot/o | a bag; scrotum |
| semin/i | spermatozoon, sperm |
| semin/o | spermatozoon, sperm |
| -stomy | surgically created opening |
| testicul/o | testis, testicle |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| trans- | across, through |
| -trophy | process of development |
| tub/o | tube |
| -ty | quality or state |
| -ule | small thing |
| ultra- | beyond, higher |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine; urinary system |
| ur/o | urine; urinary system |
| varic/o | varix, varicose vein |
| vas/o | blood vessel; vas deferens |
| venere/o | sexual intercourse |
| vir/o | virus |
| -zoon | animal; living thing |
| son/o | sound |
| spermat/o | spermatozoon, sperm |
| sperm/o | spermatozoon, sperm |
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