Female Reproductive System, word roots, prefixes, and suffixes Flashcards
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amnion (amniotic sac)
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amni/o
2
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neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)
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cervic/o
3
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vagina
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colp/o
vagin/o
4
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milk
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galact/o
lact/o
5
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woman, female
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gynec/o
6
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uterus (womb)
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hyster/o
metri/o
uter/o
7
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breast
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mamm/o
mast/o
8
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menses, menstruation
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men/o
9
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uterus (womb); measure
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metr/o
10
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birth
A
nat/o
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ovary
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oophor/o
ovari/o
12
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perineum (area between the scrotum [or vulva in the female] and anus)
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perine/o
13
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tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
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salping/o
14
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beginning
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-arche
15
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pregnancy
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-cyesis
16
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pregnant woman
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-gravida
17
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to bear (offspring)
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-para
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tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
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-salpinx
19
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childbirth, labor
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-tocia
20
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turning
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-version
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before, in front of
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ante-
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bad; painful; difficult
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dys-
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in, within
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endo-
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many, much
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multi-
25
after
post-
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first
primi-
27
chorion
chori/o
28
cancer
carcin/o
29
tumor
-oma
30
monthly discharge of blood
menstru/o
31
discharge or flow
-rrhea
32
bursting forth
-rrhagia
33
uterus (uterus); measure
metr/o
34
surgical puncture
-centesis
35
act of measuring
-metry
36
pertaining to
-al
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closure
-cleisis
38
abdomen
lapar/o
