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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| abort/o | miscarry |
| albumin/o | albumin ( protein) |
| amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
| andr/o | male |
| azot/o | nitrogenous compounds |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri |
| chori/o | chorion ( formation of placenta) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| corp/o | body |
| corpor/o | body |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| 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 spermatozoon) |
| gonad/o | gonads, sex glands |
| gyn/o | women/female |
| gynec/o | women/female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hyster/o | uterus (womb) |
| nat/o | birth |
| natr/o | sodium |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| obstetr/o | midwife, pregnancy, childbirth |
| olig/o | scanty |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| orch/o | testis (plural testes) |
| orchi/o | testis (plural testes) |
| orchid/o | testis (plural testes) |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| pen/o | penis |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phim/o | muzzle |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| salping/o | tube ( eustachian or fallopian) |
| schiz/o | split |
| semin/i | semen; seed |
| semin/o | semen; seed |
| sperm/i | spermatozoa, sperm cells |
| sperm/o | spermatozoa, sperm cells |
| spermat/o | spermatozoa, sperm cells |
| test/o | testis (plural testes) |
| thalass/o | sea |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| trigon/o | trigone |
| kal/i | potassium ( an electrolyte ) |
| kern/o | kernel (nucleus) |
| ket/o | ketone bodies |
| keton/o | ketone bodies |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lith/o | stone/calculus |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| meat/o | opening, meatus |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus (womb), measure |
| metri/o | uterus; measure |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine; urinary tract |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| vas/o | vessel; vas deferens; duct |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| vulv/o | vulva |