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med chap 10 terms
death pt. 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| chori/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| dilat/o | to widen |
| embry/o | embryo |
| episi/o | vulva |
| estr/o | female |
| fet/o | fetus |
| gynec/o | female |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus |
| nat/o | birth |
| o/o | ovum |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | ovum |
| ov/i | ovum |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| pareun/o | sexual intercourse |
| perine/o | perineum |
| radic/o | root |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -partum | childbirth |
| -salpinx | uterine tube |
| -tocia | labor |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| contra- | against |
| primi- | first |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| later/o | side |
| leuk/o | white |
| mast/o | breast |
| olig/o | scanty |
| or/o | mouth |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| py/o | pus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| semin/i | semen |
| son/o | sound |
| tox/o | poison |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | protrusion |
| -centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -nic | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhagia | abnormal flow condition |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -uria | urine condition |
| a- | without |
| bi- | two |
| dys- | painful |
| endo- | inner, within |
| hyper- | excessive |
| in- | not |
| intra- | within |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| syn- | together |
| ultra- | beyond |
| endometrial | pertaining to the inner lining of the uterus |
| lactic | pertaining to milk |
| mammary | pertaining to a breast |
| uterine | pertaining to the uterus |
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| orch/o | testes |
| orchi/o | testes |
| orchid/o | testes |
| pen/o | penis |
| phall/o | penis |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| semin/l | semen |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| testicul/o | testes |
| vas/o | vas deferens |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| -cide | to kill |
| -plasia | formation of cells |
| -spermia | condition of sperm |
| genit/o | genital |
| hydr/o | water |
| immun/o | protection |
| ur/o | urine |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of |
| -ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| an- | without |
| anti- | against |
| epi- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| trans- | across |
| balanic | pertaining to the glans penis |
| phallic | pertaining to the penis |