Clst Module 7

Front 1

glans penis

Back 1

balan-

Front 2

testis [pl. testes]; testicle

Back 2

didym-
orchid-
orchi-
orche-
orch-

Front 3

epididymis

Back 3

epididym-

Front 4

gonad; testes or ovaries [generic term]

Back 4

gonad-

Front 5

scrotum

Back 5

osche-

Front 6

penis

Back 6

phall-
pen-

Front 7

prostate

Back 7

prostat-

Front 8

pubis; pubic bone; pubic region

Back 8

pub-
pubi-

Front 9

semen

Back 9

semin-

Front 10

semen; spermatozoa; seminal cord; seminal vesicle

Back 10

spermat-
sperm-

Front 11

vas deferens
[See Mod. 8, ]

Back 11

vas-*

Front 12

cervix; neck of the uterus
[See Mod. 2, ]

Back 12

cervic-*
trachel-*

Front 13

vagina

Back 13

colp-
vagin-

Front 14

vulva

Back 14

episi-
vulv-

Front 15

hymen

Back 15

hymen-

Front 16

uterus

Back 16

hyster-
metr-
uter-

Front 17

breast
[See Mod. 10,

Back 17

mamm-
mast-*

Front 18

menstruation; menstrual cycle

Back 18

men-

Front 19

egg

Back 19

o-
ov-

Front 20

ovary

Back 20

oophor-
ovari-

Front 21

perineum; region between anus and scrotum or vulva

Back 21

perine-

Front 22

Fallopian tube; a tube [within a structure]

Back 22

salping-
tub-

Front 23

nipple

Back 23

thel-

Front 24

sexual desire; sexual act

Back 24

erot-

Front 25

reproduction; genitals

Back 25

genit-

Front 26

childbirth

Back 26

toc-

Front 27

dull; blunt
[no connecting vowel follows]

Back 27

ambly-

Front 28

both
[connecting vowel for * is either i or o; connecting vowel for +is always i]

Back 28

amph-*
amb-+

Front 29

ancient; primitive; original; first; chief; principal

Back 29

arch-
archae-

Front 30

spontaneous; itself; own; self
[is almost always placed at the beginning of a term, even if it modifies a termination]

Back 30

aut-

Front 31

unpleasant; bad

Back 31

cac-
kak-

Front 32

hidden

Back 32

crypt-

Front 33

spiny [adjective]; spine [noun]

Back 33

echin-

Front 34

naked

Back 34

gymn-

Front 35

half
[connecting vowel for both roots is i]

Back 35

hem-*
sem-

Front 36

all; entire; whole
[no connecting vowel follows *]

Back 36

pan-*
hol-

Front 37

absence (of a normal bodily opening) [usually a congenital condition]

Back 37

-atresia

Front 38

embryonic cell
[See Mod. 12,

Back 38

-blast*

Front 39

act of killing/destroying; agent used to kill/destroy

Back 39

-cide

Front 40

closure

Back 40

-cleisis

Front 41

pregnancy

Back 41

-cyesis

Front 42

formation; development; growth

Back 42

-genesis

Front 43

producing; forming; produced by

Back 43

-genic

Front 44

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]

Back 44

-gravida

Front 45

woman who has given birth (n times)
[see note above which also applies here; the connecting vowel preceding is always i]

Back 45

-para

Front 46

surgical attachment [often of one organ or tissue to another]

Back 46

-pexy
-pexis

Front 47

turning; twisting

Back 47

-strophe

Front 48

production; formation; development; act of shaping

Back 48

-poiesis

Front 49

pertaining to formation/development

Back 49

-poietic