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Chapter 14 words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac (cavity closed at one end) |
| cyst/o | cyst; fluid sac; bladder |
| dilat/o | to enlarge or expand |
| embry/o | embryo |
| episi/o | vulva |
| fet/o | fetus |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| gynec/o | female; woman |
| hem/o | blood |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| labi/o | lip |
| lact/o | milk |
| ligat/o | binding; tying |
| lump/o | lump; mass |
| ly/o | break down; dissolve; loosen |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses; menstruation |
| metr/o, metri/o | uterus |
| my/o | muscle |
| nat/i | birth |
| olig/o | scanty (very small) |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o, ovul/o | ovum (egg) |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| perine/o | perineum |
| py/o | pus |
| salping/o | Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube |
| top/o | place; location; position |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| a- | not; without |
| ante- | before |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| ec- | out; outside |
| endo- | in; within |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | no; none |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| poly- | many; much |
| post- | after; behind |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| primi- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| tri- | three |
| -al, -an, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ine | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyesis | state of pregnancy |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -gram | record; image |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| -ion | process; state; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -partum | childbirth |
| -plasia | development; formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -um | structure; tissue; thing |
| AB | abortion |
| BR | bedrest |
| BSE | breast self-examination |
| CNM | certified nurse-midwife |
| CS, C-section | Cesarean section |
| CVS | chorionic villus sampling |
| D&C | dilation and curettage |
| FHR | fetal heart rate |
| FHT | fetal heart tones |
| FSH | follicle-stimulating hormone |
| gI, grav I | first pregnancy; primigravida |
| HCG | human chorionic gonadotropin |
| HPV | human papillomavirus |
| HRT | hormone replacement therapy |
| LH | luteinizing hormone |
| OB/GYN | obstetrician/gynecologist |
| OCPs | oral contraceptive pills |
| P1, para 1 | first live-birth delivery |
| PAP | Papanicolaou test |
| PCOS | polycystic ovary syndrome |
| PID | pelvic inflammatory disease |
| PMS | premenstrual syndrome |
| STI | sexually transmitted infection |
| TAH-BSO | total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy |
| TSS | toxic shock syndrome |
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