Chapter 10 Reproductive Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards
-arche
beginning
-cyesis
state of pregnancy
-genesis
produces
-gravida
pregnant woman
-para
to bear (offspring)
-partum
childbirth
-salpinx
uterine tube
-tocia
labor
ante-
before, in front of
contra-
against
primi-
first
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-cele
protrusion
-centesis
puncture to withdraw fluid
-cyesis
pregnancy
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emesis
vomiting
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
-gravida
pregnant woman
-ia
condition
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ic
pertaining to
-ine
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lytic
destruction
-nic
pertaining to
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor
-opsy
view of
-osis
abnormal condition
-otomy
cutting into
-ous
pertaining to
-para
to bear
-partum
childbirth
-pexy
surgical fixation
-platy
surgical repair
-rrhagia
abnormal flow condition
-rrhaphy
suture
-rrhea
discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-salpinx
uterine tube
-scope
instrument for viewing
-scopy
process of viewing
-tic
pertaining to
-tocia
labor and childbirth
a-
without
ante-
before
bi-
two
contra-
against
dys-
painful
endo-
inner, within
in-
not
intra-
within
multi-
many
neo-
new
null-
none
peri-
around
post-
after
pre-
before
primi-
first
pseudo-
false
ultra-
beyond
-gen
that which produces
-ile
pertaining to
-ism
state of
-ostomy
surgically create an opening
-otomy
cutting into
-plasia
formation of cells
-spermia
sperm condition
an-
without
anti-
against
epi-
above
hyper-
excessive
hypo-
below, insufficient
trans-
across