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Female ReproductiveT
Medical Terminology Female Reproductive
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without, not |
| abort/o | to miscarry |
| -al | pertaining to, relating to |
| -algia | pain |
| amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
| ante- | before, in front |
| -arche | beginning |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| cry/o | cold |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| derm/o | skin |
| dur/o | dura matter; hard |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| ec- | out, out from |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| endo- | in, within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| episi/o | vulva |
| esthes/o | feeling |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| galact/o | milk |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graphy | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hyster/o | uterus (womb) |
| -ia | condition |
| -icterus | jaundice |
| -ine | pertaining to, relating to |
| intra- | in, within |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kern/o | kernel (nucleus) |
| labi/o | lip |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| -logist | specialist in study of |
| -logy | study of |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus (womb); measure |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| multi- | many, much |
| myc/o | fungus |
| nat/o | birth |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| -oid | resembling |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -oma | tumor |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| oxy- | quick, sharp |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -pathy | disease |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| perine/o | perineum (area between scrotum [or vulva in the female] and anus) |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| poly- | many, much |
| pre- | before, in front |
| primi- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| py/o | pus |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| salping/o | tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube) |
| -salpinx | tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube) |
| -scope | instrument to view or examine |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| son/o | sound |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -tomy | incision |
| trans- | across, through |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| -us | condition |
| uter/o | uterus (womb) |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| -version | turning |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| candidiasis | vaginal fungal infetion caused by candida albicans; characterized by a curdy or cheeselike discharge and extreme itching |
| cervicitis | inflammation of the uterine cervix |
| ectopic precnancy | implantation of the fertilized ovum outside of the uterine cavity |
| endometriosis | presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity, such as the pelvis or abdomen |
| fibroid | benign neoplasm in the uterus that is composed largely of fibrous tissue; also called leiomyoma |
| leukorrhea | white discharge from the vagina |
| oligomenorrhea | scanty or infrequent menstrual flow |
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