Chapter 17: Obstetrics And Human Development Flashcards
Intra-
Within
Ante-
Before
Micro-
Small
Multi-
Many
Neo-
New
Nulli-
None
Poly-
Many
Post-
After
Pre-
Before
Primi-
First
Tri-
Three
Amni/o, amnion/o
Amnion, amniotic fluid
Cephal/o
Head
Chori/o
Membrane, chorion
Embry/o
Embryo
Episi/o
Vulva
Fet/o
Fetus
Ger/o, geront/o
Old age
Gravid/o, gravidar/o
Pregnancy
Hyster/o
Uterus
Lact/o
Milk
Nat/o
Birth
Obstertr/o
Midwife, prenatal development
Omphal/o, par/a, part/o
Umbilicus (navel) parturition, or labor
Ped/o, pediatr/o
Child
Pelv/i, pelv/o
Pelvis, washbasin
Presby/o
Old age
Prim/i
First
Pesud/o
False
Puerper/i, puerper/o
Childbirth
Salping/o
Tube (usually the eustachian or Fallopian tubes)
Toc/o
Birth, labor
-centesis
Surgical puncture to aspirate fluids
-cyesis
Pregnancy
-genic
Pertaining to producing, formation, causing
-ician
One who treats
-lytic
Pertaining to loosen, dissolve
-rrhexis
Rupture
-tocia
Birth, labor
-um
Pertaining to
-y
Process of