Chapter 14 vocab Flashcards by Lakshidaa Jayamurugan | Brainscape

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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

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birth

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olig/o

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scanty (very small)

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oophor/o

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ovary

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ov/o, ovul/o

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ovum (egg)

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ovari/o

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ovary

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perine/o

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perineum

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py/o

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pus

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salping/o

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Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube

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top/o

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place; location; position

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uter/o

A

uterus

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vagin/o

A

vagina

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vulv/o

A

vulva

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endo-

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in; within

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multi-

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many

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neo-

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new

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nulli-

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no; none

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peri-

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around; surrounding

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poly-

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many; much

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post-

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after; behind

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pre-

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before; in front of

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primi-

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first

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pseudo-

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false

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tri-

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three

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

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-arche

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beginning-

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-ation

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process; condition

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-cele

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hernia; swelling; protrusion

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-cyesis

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state of pregnancy

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-ectomy

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surgical removal; excision

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-gram

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record; image

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-gravida

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pregnant

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-ion

A

process; state; condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logist

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specialist

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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breakdown; separation; loosening

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-para

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to bear (offspring)

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-partum

A

childbirth

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-plasia

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development; formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhagia

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rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-rrhea

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flow; excessive discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-salpinx

A

fallopian tube

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-scope

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instrument used to view

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-scopy

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visual examination using a scope

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-tomy

A

process of cutting; incision

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-um

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structure; tissue; thing