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Female Repro System
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without, absence of |
| dys- | bad, abnormal, painful, difficult |
| endo- | within |
| intra- | within |
| peri- | around, about |
| pre- | before |
| syn- | together, joined |
| aden/o | gland |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| episi/o | vulva |
| cyst/o | sac, bladder |
| gynec/o, gyn/o | woman |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| leuk/o | white |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o, menstru/o | month, menstruation |
| metr/o, metr/i | uterus |
| my/o | muscle |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis, washbasin |
| perine/o | perineum |
| py/o | pus |
| rect/o | straight, erect, rectum |
| salping/o | tube (usually the eustachian or fallopian tubes) |
| son/o | sound |
| thel/i | nipple |
| trachel/o | cervix, neck |
| uter/o | womb, uterus |
| vagin/o | sheath, vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -atresia | closure; absence of a normal body opening |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluids |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -salpinx | trumpet, fallopian tube |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening |