Combining Form Flashcards
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genit(o)
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Refers to organs of reproduction
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gynec(o)
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Means woman or female
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vulv(o)
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vulva
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ur(o)
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Urine or urinary system
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cervic(o)
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neck; uterine cercix (cervix uteri)
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colp(o), vagin(o)
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vagina
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hyster(o), uter(o)
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uterus
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metr(o)
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measure; uterine tissue
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oophor(o), ovari(o)
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ovary
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perine(o)
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perineum
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salping(o)
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Fallopian tube
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lapar(o)
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Abdominal wall
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men(o)
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Month
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o(o)
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Egg (ovum)
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top(o)
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Place or position
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uter(o)
hyster(o)
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uterus
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metr(o)
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uterus or uterine
Occasionally means measure
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my(o)
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Memes muscle
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ovar(i)
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ovary
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cyst(o)
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bladder (urinary bladder) cyst, fluid filled sac
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ect(o)
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Outside
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sept(o)
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Infection
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leuk(o)
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white
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vesic(o)
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Bladder
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Cry(o)
Means cold
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balan(o)
glans penis
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epididym(o)
edididymis
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orchi(o), orchid(o),* test(o), testicular(o)
Testicle
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pen(o)
Penis
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prostat(o)
Prostate
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scrot(o)
Scrotum
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vas(o)
vessel, ductus deferens
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rect(o)
Rectum
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semin(o)
Semen
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sperm(o), spermat(o)
spermatozoa
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urethr(o)
Urethra
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crypt(o)
Hidden
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olig(o)
Few
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varic(o)
Twisted and swollen
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erectile dysfunction
Also known as male impotence
The inability to achieve penile erection, alternating periods of normal function and dysfunction, or inability to ejaculate after achieving an erection
Causes of erectile dysfunction, poor health, certain drugs, fatigue, and vascular problems. Males can often be treated medically or by changing the drugs that are causing erectile dysfunction.
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orchiopathy
Is any disease of the testes.
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crypt/orchid/ism
cryptorchidism
Same as undescended testicle
hidden/testicle/condition of
A condition of hidden, testicle or testes
failure of testes to descend into the scrotum
Is a developmental defect, characterized by the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
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Hermaphroditism ( intersex)
is a rare chromosomal abnormality in which both testicular and ovarian elements exist in the same person.
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Intersex
An individual who has both testicular and ovarian tissue
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Prostatic carcinoma
usually occurs after 50 years of age and is the most common cancer among men excluding skin cancer.
Most prostatic cancers are adenocarcinomas.
Early detection with TSA testing makes this cancer treatable.
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For common problems that affect the testes and adjacent structures
1) hydrocele-fluid around testicle
2) spermatocel-sel-contain cystic mass on epididymis
3) varicocel-dilated veins
4) Torsion-twisted spermatic cord and blood vessels
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Testicular cancer
Is a malignant neoplasm of the testis, occurring most frequently in men between 20 and 35 years of age
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testicular torsion
Is twisting of the testis (testicle). Axial rotation of the spermatic cord cuts off blood supply and can lead to loss of the testicle unless corrective surgery is performed.
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Less severe problems within the scrotum
Hydrocele
Spermatocele
varicocele
-cele usually means hernia. These three words they mean swelling.
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Hydro/cele
Hydrocele
Water/swelling
Scrotal mass contain straw-colored fluid
is a mass, usually filled with straw-colored fluid
A Hydro Seeley in the scrotum may be the result of orchitis, epididymitis, or venous or lymphatic obstruction
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Spermato/cele
spermatocele
Sperm/swelling (mass)
Is a mass that contains sperm. This develops on the epididymis. The spermatocele is often painless, and may need no intervention.
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varico/cele
varicocele
Twisted/swollen
A cluster of dilated veins above the testis
It’s a cluster of dilated veins that occurs above the testis.
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phimosis disorder of the penis
Tightness of the prepuse that prevents the retraction of the foreskin over the glans penis
Occurs when the prepuce is constricted at the opening, so that it cannot be retract back over the glans penis it is caused by inflammation or edema.
It is sometimes accompanied by balanitis inflammation of the glans penis
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to congenital anomalies
epispadias
Hypospadias
In which the urinary meet us is abnormally located above or below its usual location
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Hyperplasia
A non-malignant increase in the size of the prostate is benign prostatic hyperplasia
Is an increase in the size of an organ from an increase in the number of cells
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
The common name of the disorder that is nonmalignant and result in an enlarged prostate
Is a common disorder, particularly in men older than 50
BPH is not malignant; however, it is usually progressive, and may lead to obstruction of the urethra and interference with urination. The increase in the number of cells, hyperplasia results in prostatic enlargement hypertrophy.
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anorchidism
congenital, absence of one or both testicles same as anorchism
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Aspermia
Absence of formation or ejaculation of semen
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aspermatogenesis
Absence of sperm and semen
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Azoospermia
Is absence of living sperm
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Oligospermia
Is an insufficient number of sperm in the semen
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epididymitis
Inflammation of the epididymis
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orchiditis
Inflammation of a testis, marked by pain, swelling, and a feeling of weight; same as orchitis
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orchiepididymitis
Inflammation of a testicle and it’s epididymis
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Prostatitis
inflammation of the prostate; can be acute or chronic, bacterial, or abacterial
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testalgia
Testicular pain; same as orchialgia and orchidalgia
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fet(o)
fetus
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amni(o)
Amnion
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chori(o)
chorion
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gonad(o)
Gonad
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spermat(o)
Sperm
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nat(o)
Birth
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par(o)
bearing offspring
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tert(o)
Third
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Gon(o)
Genitals
