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Ch.8
Female Reproductive System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| metr/o | uterus |
| olig/o | few; little |
| myom/o | muscle tumor |
| galact/o | milk |
| mast/o | breast |
| colp/o | vagina |
| episi/o | vulva |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| perine/o | perineum |
| bartholin/o | bartholin gland |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ectasis | dilation or expansion |
| -cele | hernia |
| -rrhaphy | suture, surgical repair |
| -stomy | surgical opening in a body part |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -rrhagia | rupture, abnormal flow |
| -parous | to bear, bring forth |
| -dynia | panic |
| intra- | within |
| retro- | backward |
| peri- | around, about |
| uni- | one |
| multi- | many |
| dys- | painful |
| nulli- | no, not, non |
| pre- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| endo- | within |
| infra- | below, under |
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| gynec/o | female, woman |
| mamm/o | breast |
| lact/o | milk |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| my/o | muscle |
| nat/i | birth |
| obstretr/o | midwife |
| o/o | egg |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg |
| phor/o | to bear |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -salpinx | uterine tube |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -version | act of turning |
| in- | in |
| primi- | first |