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Chapter 13 Med term
Nursing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amni | amnion |
| cervic | neck,cervix |
| chori | chorion |
| colp | vagina |
| embry | embryo |
| epsi | vulva |
| fet | fetus |
| gynec | woman,female |
| hyster | uterus |
| lapar | abdomen |
| mamm | breast |
| carcin | cancer |
| cyst | cell |
| fibr | fibrous |
| hem | blood |
| mast | breast |
| men | menses,menstruation |
| metr | uterus |
| nat | birth |
| o | egg |
| oophor | ovary |
| ovari | ovary |
| salping | fallopian tubes, uterine tubes |
| uter | uterus |
| vagin | vagina |
| olig | scanty |
| pelv | pelvis |
| rect | rectum |
| al | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| an | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| cele | protrusion |
| centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| cyesis | pegnancy |
| cyte | cell |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| genesis | generates |
| genic | producing |
| gram | record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| gravida | pregnancy |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ine | pertaining to |
| itis | inflammation |
| logist | one who studies |
| logy | study of |
| lytic | destruction |
| metry | process of measuring |
| nic | pertaining to |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| otomy | cutting into |
| para | to bear |
| partum | childbirth |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhagia | bursting forth |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhea | flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| scope | instrument for viewing |
| tic | pertaining to |
| a | without |
| ante | before |
| dys | painful |
| endo | inner |
| intra | inside |
| nulli | none |
| multi | many |
| neo | new |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| primi | first |
| trans | across |