Chapter 8 Defs Flashcards
amni/o
amnion (amniotic sac)
a-, an-
without, not
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
-algia, -dynia
pain
andr/o
male
NAME?
beginning
balan/o
glans penis
NAME?
hernia; swelling
cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)
colp/o, vagin/o
vagina
NAME?
pregnancy
dys-
bad; painful; difficult
NAME?
excision, removal
episi/o, vulv/o
vulva
galact/o, lact/o
milk
NAME?
forming, producing, origin
gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
NAME?
pregnant woman
gynec/o
woman, female
hyper-
excessive, above normal
hyster/o, uter/o
uterus (womb)
NAME?
condition
NAME?
specialist
NAME?
inflammation
lapar/o
abdomen
NAME?
stone, calculus
NAME?
specialist in the study of
NAME?
study of
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
NAME?
enlargement
men/o
menses, menstruation
metr/o
uterus (womb); measure
muc/o
mucus
nat/o
birth
neo-
new
NAME?
resembling
olig/o
scanty
NAME?
tumor
oophor/o, ovari/o
ovary
orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o, test/o
testis (plural, testes)
NAME?
to bear (offspring)
path/o
disease
NAME?
disease
perine/o
perineum
NAME?
fixation (of an organ)
-plasia, -plasm
formation, growth
NAME?
surgical repair
post-
after; behind
pre-
before; in front of
prostat/o
prostate gland
NAME?
prolapse, downward displacement
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
NAME?
suture
NAME?
discharge, flow
salping/o
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
NAME?
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
NAME?
instrument for examining
NAME?
involuntary contraction, twitching
spermat/o, sperm/i, sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
NAME?
childbirth, labor
NAME?
instrument to cut
NAME?
incision
NAME?
urine
varic/o
dilated vein
vas/o
vessel; vas deferens; duct
NAME?
turning