Medical Terminology Ch. 14

Front 1

Pen/i, phalli/o

Back 1

Penis

Front 2

Orch/o, orchid/o, test/i, test/o

Back 2

Testicles, testis, testes

Front 3

Oophor/o, ovari/o

Back 3

Ovary

Front 4

Salping/o

Back 4

Uterine fallopian tube, auditory tube

Front 5

Hyster/o, metr/o, metri/o, uter/o

Back 5

Uterus

Front 6

Vagin/o, colp/o

Back 6

Vagina

Front 7

Placent/o

Back 7

Placenta, round flat cake

Front 8

-metry

Back 8

To measure

Front 9

Intra-

Back 9

Within, inside

Front 10

Myom/o

Back 10

Muscle tumor

Front 11

Mast/o, mamm/o

Back 11

Breast

Front 12

Men/o

Back 12

Menstruation, menses

Front 13

Ov/o

Back 13

Egg, ovum

Front 14

Episi/o, vulv/o

Back 14

Vulva, covering

Front 15

Epididym/o

Back 15

Epididymis

Front 16

-ectomy

Back 16

Surgical removal

Front 17

Endo-

Back 17

In, within

Front 18

-pareunia

Back 18

Sexual inner course

Front 19

-pexy

Back 19

Surgical fixation

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Peri-

Back 20

Surrounding, around

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-pause

Back 21

Stopping

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-para

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Beside, near, beyond

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-parous

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Having borne one or more children

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Py/o

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Pus

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Spermat/o

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Sperm, spermatoza,

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Sperm/o

Back 26

Sperm, spermatoza

Front 27

-salpinx

Back 27

Uterine fallopian tube

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-scopy

Back 28

Visual examination

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-genesis

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Creation, reproduction

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-gravida

Back 30

Pregnant

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Gynec/o

Back 31

Women, female

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Galact/o

Back 32

Milk

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Ur/o

Back 33

Urine, urinary tract

Front 34

Balan/o

Back 34

Glans penis

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Andr/o

Back 35

Male, masculine

Front 36

A-

Back 36

No, Not, without

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-ante

Back 37

Before, in front of

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-arche

Back 38

Beginning

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An-

Back 39

No,not without

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-dynia

Back 40

Pain

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Amini/o

Back 41

Amnion, fetal membrane

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

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-cele

Back 43

Hernia, tumor, swelling

Front 44

Cervic/o

Back 44

Neck, cervix

Front 45

-centesis

Back 45

Surgical puncture, to remove fluid

Front 46

Lact/o

Back 46

Milk

Front 47

Varic/o

Back 47

Varicose veins, swollen or dilated

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Zo/o

Back 48

Animal life

Front 49

Vas/o

Back 49

Vas deferens

Front 50

-Iferous

Back 50

Bearing, crying

Front 51

Flex/o

Back 51

Bend

Front 52

-ion

Back 52

Action, process

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-um

Back 53

Singular noun ending

Front 54

My/o

Back 54

Muscle

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Fet/o

Back 55

Fetus, unborn child

Front 56

Nulli-

Back 56

None

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Primi-

Back 57

First

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Multi-

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Many, much

Front 59

Loch/o

Back 59

Childbirth, confinement

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Neo-

Back 60

New, strange

Front 61

Nat/i

Back 61

Birth