Medical Terminology Ch 12

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Gestation

Back 1

Length of time from conception to birth

Front 2

Lactation

Back 2

Production and reeked of milk by mammary glands

Front 3

Orifice

Back 3

Mouth; entrance, or outlet of any anatomical structure

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Amni/o

Back 4

Amnion (amniotic sac)

Front 5

Cervic/o

Back 5

Neck; cervix uterine (Neck of uterus)

Front 6

Colp/o

Back 6

Vagina

Front 7

Vagin/o

Back 7

Vagina

Front 8

Galact/o

Back 8

Milk

Front 9

Lact/o

Back 9

Milk

Front 10

Gynec/o

Back 10

Woman, female

Front 11

Hyster/o

Back 11

Uterus

Front 12

Metri/o

Back 12

Uterus

Front 13

Uter/o

Back 13

Uterus

Front 14

Mamm/o

Back 14

Breast

Front 15

Mast/o

Back 15

Breast

Front 16

Men/o

Back 16

Menses, menstruation

Front 17

Metr/o

Back 17

Uterus; measure

Front 18

Nat/o

Back 18

Birth

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Oophor/o

Back 19

Ovary

Front 20

Ovari/o

Back 20

Ovary

Front 21

Perine/o

Back 21

Perineum

Front 22

Salping/o

Back 22

Tube (usually fallopian or eustachian-auditory tubes)

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-arche

Back 23

Beginning

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-cyesis

Back 24

Pregnancy

Front 25

-gravida

Back 25

Pregnant woman

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-para

Back 26

To bear (offspring)

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-salpinx

Back 27

Tube (usually fallopian or eustachian-auditory tubes)

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-tocia

Back 28

Childbirth, labor

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-version

Back 29

Turning

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Ante-

Back 30

Before, in front of

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Dys-

Back 31

Bad; painful; difficult

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Endo-

Back 32

In, within

Front 33

Multi-

Back 33

Many, much

Front 34

Post-

Back 34

After

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Primi-

Back 35

First