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Medical Terminology
Chapter 8 - Female Reproductive System - terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amni/o | amnion |
| bartholin/o | bartholin gland |
| shori/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| spisi/o | vulva |
| galact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hyster/o | uterus ; womb |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses ; menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | overy |
| ovul/o | egg |
| perine/o | perineum |
| phor/o | to bear |
| py/o | pus |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cele | hernia |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectasis | widening ; dilation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -flexion | flexible |
| -genesis | producing ; forming |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -parous | to bear ; bring forth |
| -plasia | development ; formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping ; sagging |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -salpinx | uterine tube |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenosis | tightening, narrowing |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tocia | labor ; birth |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
| -version | act of turning |
| bi- | two |
| dys- | painful |
| endo- | within |
| in- | in |
| intra- | within |
| multi- | many ; much |
| nulli- | no ; not ; none |
| oxy- | swift ; sharp |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | backwards |
| uni- | one |
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