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Ch.8
Female Reproductive System
Term | Definition |
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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 |