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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology Combining Forms Reproductive Systems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| balan/o | glans penis |
| cervic/o, trachel/o | cervix, neck |
| colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| gynec/o, gyn/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hyster/o, metr/o, metri/o, uter/o, uterine | uterus |
| leuk/o | white |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| men/o, menstru/o | menses, menstruation |
| my/o | muscle |
| nat/o | birth |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| oophor/o, ovari/o | ovaries |
| orchi/o, orch/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o, test/i | testicle |
| pen/i, phall/i | penis |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| spermat/o, sperm/i, sperm/o | spermatozoa, sperm cells |
| vas/o | vas deferens |
| placent/o | placenta |
| ov/o | egg, ovum |
| ur/o | urine |
| hydr/o | water |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| andr/o | male |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| lact/o, galact/o | milk |
| fet/o | fetus, unborn child |
| loch/o | childbirth |
| ovulation | process in which an egg is released from the ovary |
| vulv/o, episi/o | vulva |
| amnio/o, amnion/o | amnion, [innermost layer of the fetal membrane] amniotic fluid |
| pelvi/o | pelvis |
| myom/o | muscle tumor |