Chapter 13 Gynecology And Obstetrics Combining Forms

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gon/o

Back 1

see

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ovul/o

Back 2

ovum

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stal/o

Back 3

contraction

Front 4

adnex/o

Back 4

accessory connecting parts

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fund/o

Back 5

part farthest from the opeining

Front 6

cervic/o

Back 6

neck

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uter/o

Back 7

womb

Front 8

metri/o

metr/o

Back 8

uterus (womb)

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-um

Back 9

a structure; period of time

Front 10

fornix

Back 10

vaginal vault

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endo-

Back 11

innermost

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urethr/o

Back 12

urethra

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vulv/o

Back 13

vulva

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perine/o-

Back 14

perineum

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areol/o

Back 15

small area around the nipple

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-esis

Back 16

condition; abnormal condition; process

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estr/a

estr/o

Back 17

female

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men/o

Back 18

month

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menstru/o

Back 19

monthly discharge of blood

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di-

Back 20

two

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-ation

Back 21

a process

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secret/o

Back 22

produce; secrete

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isch/o

Back 23

keep back

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-emic

Back 24

pertaining to a condition of the blood or a substance in the blood

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fertil/o

Back 25

able to conceive a child

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-ization

Back 26

process of making, creating, or inserting

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concept/o

Back 27

to conceive or form

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pregn/o

Back 28

being with child

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amni/o

Back 29

amnion(fetal membrane)

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fratern/o

Back 30

close association or relationship

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chorion/o

Back 31

chorion (fetal membrane)

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gonad/o

Back 32

gonads(ovaries and testes)

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placent/o

Back 33

placenta

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umbilic/o

Back 34

umbilicus; navel

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embryon/o

Back 35

embryo; immature form

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fet/o

Back 36

fetus

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gestat/o

Back 37

from conception to birth

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nato/o

Back 38

birth

Front 39

ante-

Back 39

forward; before

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part/o

Back 40

childbirth

Front 41

-um

Back 41

a structure

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contract/o

Back 42

pull together

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cephal/o

Back 43

head

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ox/y

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quick

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toc/o

Back 45

labor and childbirth

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parturit/o

Back 46

to be in labor

Front 47

dilat/o

Back 47

dilate; widen

Front 48

efface/o

Back 48

do away with; obliterate

Front 49

post-

Back 49

after; behind

Front 50

involut/o

Back 50

enlarged organ returns to normal size

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ne/o

Back 51

new

Front 52

nat/o

Back 52

birth

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acr/o

Back 53

extremity; highest point

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oophor/o

Back 54

ovary

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salping/o

Back 55

uterine (fallopian) tube

Front 56

flex/o

Back 56

bending

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culd/o

Back 57

cul-de-sac

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metri/o

Back 58

uterus (womb)

Front 59

hyster/o

Back 59

uterus (womb)

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vagin/o

Back 60

vagina

Front 61

colp/o

Back 61

vagina

Front 62

epis/o

Back 62

vulva

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mamm/o

Back 63

breast

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mast/o

Back 64

breast

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gen/o

Back 65

arising from; produced by

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toc/o

Back 66

labor and childbirth

Front 67

-salpinx

Back 67

uterine (fallopian) tube

Front 68

vers/o

Back 68

to travel

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lei/o

Back 69

smooth

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fibr/o

Back 70

fiber

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sarc/o

Back 71

connective tissue

Front 72

-ory

Back 72

having the function of

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-pause

paus/o

Back 73

cessation

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phor/o

Back 74

to bear

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carcin/o

Back 75

cancer

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plas/o

Back 76

growth

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candid/o

Back 77

Candida ( a yeast)

Front 78

pareun/o

Back 78

sexual intercourse

Front 79

rect/o

Back 79

rectum

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aden/o

Back 80

gland

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galact/o

Back 81

milk

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pelv/o

Back 82

pelvis; hip bone; renal pelvis

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ectop/o

Back 83

outside of a place

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hem/o

Back 84

blood

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hydatidi/o

Back 85

fluid-filled vesicles

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-form

Back 86

having the form of

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eme/o

Back 87

vomiting

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-amnios

Back 88

amniotic fluid

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eclamps/o

Back 89

a seizure

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abort/o

Back 90

stop prematurely

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depress/o

Back 91

press down

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involut/o

Back 92

enlarged organ

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chol/o

Back 93

bile; gall

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bilirubin/o

Back 94

bilirubin

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nuch/o

Back 95

neck

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stere/o

Back 96

three dimensions

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tact/o

Back 97

touch

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incis/o

Back 98

to cut into

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excis/o

Back 99

to cut out

Front 100

chrom/o

Back 100

color

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-some

Back 101

a body

Front 102

xer/o

Back 102

dry

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cry/o

Back 103

cold

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-probe

Back 104

rodlike instrument

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gynec/o

Back 105

female; woman

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manu/o

Back 106

hand

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dur/o

Back 107

dura mater

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induct/o

Back 108

a leading in

Front 109

physic/o

Back 109

body

Front 110

-gravida

Back 110

pregnancy

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null/i

Back 111

none

Front 112

prim/i

Back 112

first

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mult/i

Back 113

many

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par/o

Back 114

birth

Front 115

therapeut/o

Back 115

treatment

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insemin/o

Back 116

sow a seed

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plasm/o

Back 117

plasma

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inject/o

Back 118

insert; put in

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ablat/o

Back 119

take away; destroy

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oophor/o

Back 120

ovary

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anastom/o

Back 121

create an opening between two structures

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embol/o

Back 122

embolus (occluding plug)

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-ization

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process of making; creating, or inserting

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-pexy

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process of surgically fixing in place

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-rrhaphy

Back 125

procedure of suturing

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con/o

Back 126

cone

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-plasty

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process of reshaping by surgery

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augument/o

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increase in size or degree

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pendul/o

Back 129

hanging down

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radic/o

Back 130

all parts including the root

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obstetr/o

Back 131

pregnancy and childbirth

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-ician

Back 132

skilled professional or expert

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fer/o

Back 133

to bear