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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abort/o | to miscarry |
| albumin/o | protein, albumin |
| amni/o | aminotic sac,aminion |
| andr/o | male |
| azot/o | nitrogeneous compounds |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans of penis |
| cervic/o | neck of cervix utera |
| chori/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| corp/0 | body |
| corpor/o | body |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| crytp/o | hidden |
| epididym/o | epidymis |
| episi/o | vulva |
| galact/o | milk |
| gen/o | forming, producing, origin |
| genit/o | genitalia |
| gest/o | pregnancy |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gon/o | seed (ovum or spermatozoa) |
| gonad/o | gonads (sex glands) |
| gyn/o | woman, female |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hyster/o | uterus (womb) |
| kal/i | potassium (electrolyte) |
| kern/o | kernal (nucleus) |
| ket/0 | ketone |
| keton/0 | ketone bodies |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/0 | abdomen |
| lith/o | stone calcus |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| meat/o | opening meatus |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus |
| metri/o | uterus |
| nat/o | birth |
| natr/o | sodium (electrolyte) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| olig/o | scanty |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| orch/o | testis (plural testes) |