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Female ReproductiveT
Medical Terminology Female Reproductive
Question | Answer |
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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 |