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Obstetrics and Devel
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ante- | before |
| intra- | within |
| micro- | small |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| tri- | three |
| amni/o, amnion/o | amnion, amniotic fluid |
| cephal/o | head |
| chori/o | membrane, chorion |
| embry/o | embryo |
| episi/o | vulva |
| fet/o | fetus |
| ger/o, geront/o | old age |
| gravid/o, gravidar/o | pregnancy |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lact/o | milk |
| nat/o | birth |
| obstetr/o | midwife, prenatal development |
| omphal/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| par/o, part/o | parturition, or labor |
| ped/o, pediatr/o | child |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis, washbasin |
| presby/o | old age |
| prim/i | first |
| pseudo/o | false |
| puerper/o, puerper/i | childbirth |
| salping/o | tube (usually the eustachian or fallopian tubes) |
| toc/o | birth, labor |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluids |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, formation, causing |
| -ician | one who treats |
| -lytic | pertaining to loosen, dissolve |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -tocia | birth, labor |
| -um | pertaining to |