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Reproductive Systems
Words and word parts - Reproductive Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| balan/o- | glans penis (head of the penis) |
| andr/o- | male |
| pareun/o- | sexual intercourse |
| crypt/o- | hidden |
| Orch/o- | testes; testicles |
| Didym/o- | testes; testicles |
| Semin/o- | Sperm |
| phim/o- | closed tight |
| scrot/o- | a bag; scrotum |
| vas/o- | blood vessel; vas deferens |
| acr/o- | highest point |
| ablat/o- | take away; destroy |
| colp/o- | vagina |
| episi/o- | vulva |
| hyster/o- | uterus |
| gestat/o- | from conception to birth |
| metri/o- | uterus |
| salping/o- | uterine/fallopian tubes |
| gynec/o- | woman; female |
| uter/o- | uterus |
| galact/o- | milk |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ovul/o- | ovum; egg |
| ovari/o- | ovary |
| o/o- | ovum; egg |
| mast/o- | breast |
| orchiectomy | removal of the testicles |
| vasectomy | removal of a piece of the vas deferens for purposes of birth control |
| scrotum | the sac containing the male gonad |
| cryptorchidism | hidden (undescended) testicles |
| circumcision | surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis |
| BPH | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - harmless overgrowth of the prostate gland |
| anorchism | congenital absence of testicles |
| gestation | the medical word for pregnancy; the time that the fetus spends in the uterus |
| ovulation | the process of releasing an egg each month |
| oogenesis | the formation of an egg cell |
| menarche | a woman's first menstrual cycle |
| menopause | the end of a woman's menstrual cycles |
| leiomyoma | commonly called fibroid tumors of the uterus |
| episiotomy | incision into the perineum during childbirth |
| toc/o- | labor and delivery |
| dystocia | difficult labor and delivery |