CH # 13: Obstetrics & Gynecology Flashcards
The joining of ovum and sperm
Typically occurs in the fallopian tubes then plants itself in2 the lining of the uterus where the new embryo develops
Fertilization
The branch of medicine that diagnosis’s conditions of the female reproductive organs
Provides general medical care 4 women
Gynecology
Specializes in pregnancy and childbirth
Obstetrics
7 Suffixes meaning pertaining 2
- al
- al
- an -ine
- ary -nic
- ic -tic
Suffix meaning pain
-algia
Suffix meaning protusion
-cele
Suffix meaning 2 puncture 2 w/draw fluid
-centesis
2 Suffixes meaning pregancy
- cyesis
- gravida
Suffix meaning cell
-cyte
Suffix meaning surgical removal
-ectomy
Suffix meaning generates
-genesis
Suffix meaning producing
-genic
Suffix meaning record
-gram
Suffix meaning process of recording
-graphy
Suffix meaning inflammation
-itis
Suffix meaning 1 who studies
-logist
Suffix meaning the study of
-logy
Suffix meaning destruction
-lytic
Suffix meaning the process of measuring
-metry
Suffix meaning resembling
-oid
Suffix meaning tumor
-oma
Suffix meaning abnormal condition
-osis
Suffix meaning cutting in2
-otomy
Suffix meaning to bear (offspring)
-para
Suffix meaning childbirth
-partum
Suffix meaning surgical fixation
-pexy
Suffix meaning surgical repair
-plasty
Suffix meaning bursting forth
-rrhagia
Suffix meaning suture
-rrhaphy
Suffix meaning flow
-rrhea
Suffix meaning rupture
-rrhexis
Suffix meaning instrument 4 viewing
-scope
Suffix meaning process of viewing
-scopy
Prefix meaning w/out
A-
Prefix meaning before
Anti-
Prefix meaning painful
-dys
Prefix meaning inner
Endo-
Prefix meaning inside
-intra
Prefix meaning none
-nulli
Prefix meaning many
-multi