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Chapter 8
Female Reproductive System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| colp/o | vagina |
| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| galact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o, metri/o | uterus |
| my/o, myom/o | muscle, muscle |
| nat/i | birth |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy and childbirth |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg |
| perine/o | perineum |
| phor/o | to bear |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| -parous | bearing, bring forth |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -salpinx | fallopian (uterine) tube |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -version | act of turning |
| dys- | painful |
| endo- | within |
| in- | In |
| intra- | within |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | no, not, none |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| retro- | backward |
| mast/o | breast |
| episi/o | vulva |