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LOFM Chapter 9
The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANDR/O | MALE |
| BALAN/O | PENIS (GREEK BALANOS, ACORN) |
| CRY/O | COLD |
| CRYPT/O | HIDDEN |
| EPIDIDYM/O | EPIDIDYMIS(one of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes on top of each testis) |
| GON/O | SEED(GREEK GONE, SEED) |
| HYDR/O | WATER, FLUID |
| ORCH/O ORCHI/O ORCHID/O | TESTIS, TESTICLE |
| PEN/O | PENIS |
| PROSTAT/O | PROSTATE GLAND (exocrine gland at the base of the male urinary bladder. The prostate secretes the fluid part of semen into the urethra during ejaculation) |
| SEMIN/I | SEMEN, SEED |
| SPERM/O SPERMAT/O | SPERMATOZOA, SEMEN |
| TERAT/O | MONSTER(GREEK TERAS, MONSTER) |
| TEST/O | TESTIS, TESTICLE |
| VARIC/O | VARICOSE VEINS(abnormally swollen and twisted veins) |
| VAS/O | VESSEL, DUCT; VAS DEFERNS (narrow tube that carries sperm from the epididymis into the body and toward the urethra) |
| ZO/O | ANIMAL LIFE |
| -GENESIS | FORMATION |
| -ONE | HORMONE |
| -PEXY | FIXATION, PUT IN PLACE |
| -STOMY | NEW OPENING |