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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| o/o | ovum (egg) |
| 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 |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| a- | not, without |
| ante- | before |
| dys- | painful, difficult |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
| endo- | in, within |
| meso- | middle |
| 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 |
| -derm | embryonic layer |
| -dynia | pain |
| -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 |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasia | development, formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -phylaxis | protection against infection |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow, bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -um | structure, tissue, thing |