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Reproductive Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mast/o | breast |
| oblig/o | scanty (very small) |
| onc/o | tumor |
| orch/o, orchi/o | testis; testicle |
| plas/o | development; formation |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses; menstruation |
| metr/o, metri/o | uterus |
| my/o | muscle |
| nat/i | birth |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o, ovul/o | ovum (egg) |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| perine/o | perineum |
| py/o | pus |
| scalping/o | eustachican tube; fallopian tube |
| top/o | place; location |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chori/o, chorin/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| dilat/o | to enlarge or expand |
| embry/o | embryo |
| episi/o | vulva |
| ec- | out; outside |
| -ant | substance that promotes |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -genesis | formation |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -in, -ine | chemical; chemical compound |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| nulli- | no; none |
| pseudo- | false |