Chapter 8 Defs Flashcards by Caroline Ippolito

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amni/o

A

amnion (amniotic sac)

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a-, an-

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without, not

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-al, -ic, -ous

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pertaining to

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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andr/o

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male

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NAME?

A

beginning

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balan/o

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glans penis

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NAME?

A

hernia; swelling

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cervic/o

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neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)

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colp/o, vagin/o

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vagina

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NAME?

A

pregnancy

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dys-

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bad; painful; difficult

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NAME?

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excision, removal

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episi/o, vulv/o

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vulva

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galact/o, lact/o

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milk

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NAME?

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forming, producing, origin

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gonad/o

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gonads, sex glands

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NAME?

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pregnant woman

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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hyper-

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excessive, above normal

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hyster/o, uter/o

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uterus (womb)

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NAME?

A

condition

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NAME?

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specialist

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NAME?

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inflammation

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lapar/o

abdomen

#NAME?

stone, calculus

#NAME?

specialist in the study of

#NAME?

study of

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

#NAME?

enlargement

men/o

menses, menstruation

metr/o

uterus (womb); measure

muc/o

mucus

nat/o

birth

neo-

new

#NAME?

resembling

olig/o

scanty

#NAME?

tumor

oophor/o, ovari/o

ovary

orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o, test/o

testis (plural, testes)

#NAME?

to bear (offspring)

path/o

disease

#NAME?

disease

perine/o

perineum

#NAME?

fixation (of an organ)

-plasia, -plasm

formation, growth

#NAME?

surgical repair

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

prostat/o

prostate gland

#NAME?

prolapse, downward displacement

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth (of)

#NAME?

suture

#NAME?

discharge, flow

salping/o

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)

#NAME?

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)

#NAME?

instrument for examining

#NAME?

involuntary contraction, twitching

spermat/o, sperm/i, sperm/o

spermatozoa, sperm cells

#NAME?

childbirth, labor

#NAME?

instrument to cut

#NAME?

incision

#NAME?

urine

varic/o

dilated vein

vas/o

vessel; vas deferens; duct

#NAME?

turning