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Chapter 13&14
Dominique Tarape 7th Period
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| cauter/o | heat; burn |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| electr/o | electricity |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| gon/o | seed |
| gyn/o, gynec/o | female; woman |
| hydr/o | water |
| mast/o | breast |
| olig/o | scanty (very small) |
| onc/o | tumor |
| orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testis; testicle |
| plas/o | development; form |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| semin/i | semen; seed |
| sperm/o, spermat/o | spermatozoa; sperm |
| test/o | testis; testicle |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vessel; duct |
| vener/o | sexual contact |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| zo/o | animal; life |
| 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) |
| 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-, an- | not; without |
| anti- | against |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
| hypo- | below; below normal; deficient |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| post- | after; behind |
| trans- | across |
| ultra- | beyond; excessive |
| 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 |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ant | substance that promotes |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -genesis | formation |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -in, -ine | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -trophy | condition of growth or development |
| -um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |
| -uria | urination; condition of urine |
| -y | process; state |