Suffiexes/Prefixes (Reproductive) Flashcards

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-cyesis

A

Pregnancy
*pseudo/cyesis = false pregnancy; condition in which a woman believes she is pregnant when she is not
[pseudo-=false]

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-gravida

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Pregnant woman
*primi/gravida = woman pregnant for the first time
[primi-=first]

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-para

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To bear (offspring)
*multi/para = woman who has delivered more than one valve infant 
[multi-=many, much]
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-salpinx

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Tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
*meat/o/salpinx = blood in the Fallopian tube
[hemat/o=blood]

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-tocia

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Childbirth, labor
*dys/tocia = bad, difficult, painful childbirth
[dys-=bad, painful, difficult]

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Retro-

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Backward, behind
*retro/version = tipping back of an organ
[-version= turning]

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-arche

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Beginning
*men/arche = initial menstrual period
[men= menses, menstruation]

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