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Reproductive Systems
Words and word parts - Reproductive Systems
Question | Answer |
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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 |