Lesson 14

Front 1

AGOG-

Back 1

Combining form

leading, drawing forth

Front 2

ARCH-,-ARCHE

Back 2

Combining form

beginning, origin

Front 3

CERVIC-, CERVIX

Back 3

Combining form

neck (of the uterus), cervix uteri

Front 4

COLP-

Back 4

Combining form

vagina

Front 5

CYE-

Back 5

Combining form

be pregnant

Front 6

EURY(N)-

Back 6

Combining form

widen, dilate

Front 7

GAL-, GALACT-

Back 7

Combining form

milk

Front 8

-GN-, NAT-

Back 8

Combining form

be born

Front 9

GONAD-

Back 9

Combining form

sex glands, sex organs

Front 10

GRAVID-

Back 10

Combining form

pregnant

Front 11

HYMEN-

Back 11

Combining form

membrane; hymen

Front 12

HYSTER-

Back 12

Combining form

uterus

Front 13

LACT-

Back 13

Combining form

milk

Front 14

MAMM-

Back 14

Combining form

breast

Front 15

MAST-, MAZ-

Back 15

Combining form

breast

(In Greek mazos was an alternate form of the word mastos; micromazia)

Front 16

MEN-

Back 16

Combining form

(month) menstruation

Front 17

METR-, -METRA

Back 17

Combining form

uterus

Front 18

OOPHOR-

Back 18

Combining form

ovary

Front 19

OVARI-

Back 19

Combining form

ovary

Front 20

OV-

Back 20

Combining form

egg

Front 21

PART-, -PARA

Back 21

Combining form

give birth

(words ending in para indicate a woman who has given birth; primipara (Latin primus, first); nullipara (Latin nullus, none))

Front 22

PELV-

Back 22

Combining form

(basin) pelvis

Front 23

PUB-

Back 23

Combining form

(signs of manhood) pubic hair, pubic bone, pubic region, pubis

Front 24

PUBER(T)-

Back 24

Combining form

(Manhood) puberty

Front 25

SALPING-, -SALPINX

Back 25

Combining form

(war trumpet) fallopian tube

Front 26

SYRING-, -SYRINX

Back 26

Combining form

(pipe) fistula, cavity, oviduct, sweat glands, syringe

Front 27

THEL(E)-

Back 27

Combining form

nipple

Front 28

TOC-

Back 28

Combining form

childbirth, labor

Front 29

UTER-

Back 29

Combining form

womb, belly, uterus

Front 30

VAGIN-

Back 30

Combining form

(sheath) vagina

Front 31

-ter

Back 31

Noun forming suffix

instrument, device