Module 7 Flashcards
-cide
act of killing/destroying; agent used to kill/destroy [usually preceded by connecting vowel “i”]
embryonic cell
-blast
pregnancy
-cyesis
-cleisis
closure; blockage
gonad
gonad-
spontaneous; itself; own; self [is almost always placed a the beginning of the term even if it modifies a termination.]
aut-
Fallopian tube; a tube [within a biological structure]
salping- tub-
pub- pubi-
pubis; pubic bone; pubic region
act of killing/destroying; agent used to kill/destroy [usually preceded by connecting vowel “i”]
-cide
hyster- metr- uter-
uterus
producing; forming; produced by
-genic
a turning; a twisting
-stophe
scrotum
osche- scrot-
cervice; neck of uterus
cervic- trachel-
gonad-
gonad
hem- sem-
half [connecting vowel for both roots is “i”]
vagina
colp- vagin-
didym- orchid- orchi- orche- orch- test-
testis [pl. testes]; testicle
vulva
episi- vulv-
breast
mamm- mast-
epididymus
epididym-
both [connecting vowel for longer is either “i” or “o] [connecting vowel for shorter is always “i”]
amph- amb-
reproduction; genitals
genit-
o- ov-
egg; ovum [pl. ova]
hymen
hymen-
nipple
thel-
woman who is (or has been) pregnant for (nth time) [the root which immediately precedes indicates the number of pregnancies experienced.] [the connecting vowel preceding is always “i”]
-gravida
surgical attachment [often of one organ or tissue to another]
-pexy -pexis
thel-
nipple
toc-
childbirth
production; formation; development; act of shaping
-poiesis
phall- pen-
penis
erot-
sexual desire; sexual act
salping- tub-
Fallopian tube; a tube [within a biological structure]
woman who has given birth (n times). [the root which immediately precedes indicates the number of births experienced.] [the connecting vowel preceding is always “i”]
-para
epididym-
epididymus
gymn-
naked
-blast
embryonic cell