Chapter 14 vocab Flashcards by Lakshidaa Jayamurugan

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amni/o

A

amnion

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cervic/o

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neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

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chori/o, chorion/o

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chorion

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colp/o

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vagina

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culd/ o

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cul-de-sac (cavity closed at one end)

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cyst/o

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cyst; fluid sac, bladder

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dilat/o

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to enlarge or expand

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embry/o

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embryo

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episi/o

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vulva

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fet/o

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fetus

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fibr/o

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fiber

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gynec/o

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female; woman

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hem/o

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blood

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hyster/o

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uterus

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labi/o

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lip

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lact/o

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milk

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ligat/o

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binding; trying

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lump/o

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lump; mass

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ly/o

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break down; dissolve; loosen

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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men/o

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menses; menstruation

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metr/o, metri/o

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uterus

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my/o

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muscle

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nat/i

birth

olig/o

scanty (very small)

oophor/o

ovary

ov/o, ovul/o

ovum (egg)

ovari/o

ovary

perine/o

perineum

py/o

pus

salping/o

Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube

top/o

place; location; position

uter/o

uterus

vagin/o

vagina

vulv/o

vulva

endo-

in; within

multi-

many

neo-

new

nulli-

no; none

peri-

around; surrounding

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

primi-

first

pseudo-

false

tri-

three

-al, -an, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ine

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-arche

beginning-

-ation

process; condition

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cyesis

state of pregnancy

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-gram

record; image

-graphy

process of recording

-gravida

pregnant

-ion

process; state; condition

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown; separation; loosening

-osis

abnormal condition

-para

to bear (offspring)

-partum

childbirth

-plasia

development; formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhagia

rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow; excessive discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-salpinx

fallopian tube

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

-um

structure; tissue; thing