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Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
| cervic/o | neck;cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| colp/o vagin/o | vagina |
| galact/o lact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o metri/o uter/o | uterus (womb) |
| mamm/o mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus (womb); measure |
| oophor/o ovary/o ovari/o | ovary |
| perine/o | perineum |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -para | to bear (off-spring) |
| -tocia | childbirth, labour |
| -version | turning |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| endo- | in, within |
| multi- | many, much |
| primi- | first |
| albumin/o | albumin, protein |
| azot/o | nitrogenous compounds |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| corp/o corpor/o | body |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cyst/o vesic/o | bladder |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| episi/o | vulva |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| hem/o | blood |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kern/o | kernel (nucleus) |
| ket/o keton/o | ketone bodies |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| meat/o | opening, meatus |
| nephr/o ren/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| olig/o | scanty |
| orch/o orchi/o orchid/o test/o | testis, testes |
| phim/o | muzzle |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| schiz/o | split |
| sperm/i sperm/o spermat/o | spermatozoa, sperm cells |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vas/o | vessel;vas deferens;duct |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| -al -ary -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -gen -genesis | forming;producing;origin |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -ia -ism | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -osis | abnormal condition;increase |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation;production |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -uria | urine |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| dia- | through, across |
| ec- | out, out from |
| ecto- | outside, outward |
| epi- | above, beyond |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| im- | not |
| in- | in, not |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| poly- | many, much |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| tri- | three |
| salping/o -salpinx | tube (eustachian or fallopian) |