Chapter 14 The Reproductive Systems Elements Flashcards
a-
no, not, without, away from, negative
ante-
before, infront of, forward
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
endo-
in, within, inside
hyper-
excessive, increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
intra-
within, inside
multi-
many, much
neo-
new, strange
nulli-
none
peri-
surrounding, around
poly-
many, much
primi-
first
amni/o
amnion, fetal membrane
andr/o
male, masculine
balan/o
glans penis
cel/o
abdomen, belly
cervic/o
neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
crypt/o
hidden
epididym/o
epididymis
episi/o
vulva
fet/o
fetus, unborn child
flex/o
bend
galact/o
milk
gynec/o
woman, female
hemat/o
blood, relating to the blood
hydr/o
relating to water
hyster/o, metr/o, metri/o, uter/o
uterus, womb
lact/o
milk
leuk/o
white
loch/i
child birth, confinement
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
men/o
menstruation, menses
my/o
muscle
myom/o
muscle tumor
nat/i
birth
olig/o
scanty, few
oophor/o, ovari/o
ovary
orch/o, orchid/o, test/i, test/o
testicle, testis, testes
ov/o
egg, ovum
pelv/i
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
pen/i, phall/i
penis
placent/o
placenta, round flat cake
py/o
pus
salping/o
uterine (fallopian) tubes, auditory (eustachian) tube
spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
vagin/o, colp/o
vagina
varic/o
varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein
vas/o
vas deferens, vessel
vulv/o
vulva, covering
zo/o
animal life
-algia
pain, suffering, painful condition
-arche
beginning
-cele
hernia, tumor, swelling
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out, excision
-genesis
creation, reproduction
-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
-gravida
pregnant
-ia
abnormal condition, disease,
-iform
shape or formed like, resembling
-ion
action, process, state or condition
-ism
condition, state of
-itis
inflammation
-metry
to measure
-ologist
specialist
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
-ostomy
the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
-para
to give birth
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
-parous
having borne one or more children
-pause
stopping
-pexy
surgical fixation
-rrhagia
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-salpinx
uterine (fallopian) tubes
-scopy
visual examination
-um
condition, structure
-y
condition