Chapter 9 Word Parts Flashcards
amni/o
amnion
cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri
colp/o
vagina
vagin/o
vagina
galact/o
milk
lact/o
milk
gyenc/o
woman, female
hyster/o
uterus (womb)
uter/o
uterus (womb)
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
men/o
menses, menstruation
metr/o
uterus (womb), measure
nat/o
birth
oophor/o
ovary
ovari/o
ovary
perine/o
perineum
salping/o
tube (usually fallopian or Eustachian [auditory] tubes)
vulv/o
vulva
episi/o
vulva
andr/o
male
balan/o
glans penis
gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
olig/o
scanty
orch/o
tetis (plural, testes)
orchi/o
tetis (plural, testes)
test/o
tetis (plural, testes)
orchid/o
tetis (plural, testes)
prostat/o
prostate gland
spermat/o
spermatozoa, sperm cell
sperm/i
spermatozoa, sperm cell
sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm cell
varic/o
dialated vein
vas/o
vessel; vas deferens; duct
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
-arche
beginning
-cyesis
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnant woman
-para
to bear (offspring)
-salpinx
tube (usually fallopian or Eustachian tubes)
-tocia
childbirth, labor
retro-
backward, behind