ch 8 - terms Flashcards
amni/o
amnion
bartholin/o
Bartholin gland
cervic/o
- cervix
- neck
- chori/o
- chorion/o
chorion
colp/o
vagina
culd/o
cul-de-sac
episi/o
vulva
galact/o
milk
gynec/o
- woman
- female
hyster/o
- uterus
- womb
lact/o
milk
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
metr/o
metri/o
uterus
men/o
- menses
- menstruation
my/o
myom/o
- muscle
- muscle tumor
nat/i
birth
obstetr/o
pregnancy and childbirth
o/o
egg
oophor/o
ovary
ov/o
egg
ovari/o
ovary
ovul/o
egg
perine/o
perineum
phor/o
to bear
salping/o
fallopian tubes
uter/o
uterus
vagin/o
vagina
vulv/o
vulva
-arche
beginning
-cyesis
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnant
-parous
- bearing
- bringing forth
-rrhea
discharge
-salpinx
fallopian tube
-tocia
- labor
- birth
-version
act of turning
dys-
painful
endo-
within
in-
in
intra-
within
multi-
many
nulli-
- no
- not
- anymore
pre-
before
primi-
first
retro-
backward
produced by fetal membranes and the fetus
amniotic fluid
a Bartholin cyst is a fluid-filled sac caused by the blockage of a duct from the Bartholin gland
bartholinitis
a needle is placed through the posterior wall of the vagina and fluid is withdrawn for diagnostic purposes
culdocentesis
an incision through the skin of the perineum enlarges the vagina orifice for delivery
episiotomy
abnormal, persistent discharge of milk, commonly seen with pituitary gland tumors
galactorrhea
enlargement of breasts in a male
gynecomastia
removal of the uterus
hysterectomy
a gynecologist uses an endoscope to view the uterine cavity
hysteroscopy
the normal secretion of milk
lactation
infra-
below
usually caused by streptococcal or staphylococcal infection
mastitis
olig/o
- infrequent
- scant
infrequent menstrual periods or scanty menses
oligomenorrhea
immature ovum
oocyte
mature egg cell
ovum
orifice
opening
pareunia
sexual intercourse
oxy-
- sharp
- quick