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Reproductive System terms

  1. amni/o
    amnion (amniotic sac)
  2. cervic/o
    neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
  3. colp/o, vagin/o
    vagina
  4. episi/o, vulv/o
    vulva
  5. galact/o, lact/o
    milk
  6. gynec/o
    woman, female
  7. hyster/o, uter/o
    uterus (womb)
  8. lapar/o
    abdomen
  9. metr/o
    uterus (womb); measure
  10. mamm/o, mast/o
    breast
  11. men/o
    menses, menstration
  12. nat/o
    birth
  13. oophor/o, ovari/o
    ovary
  14. perine/o
    perineum
  15. salping/o
    tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
  16. andr/o
    male
  17. balan/o
    glans penis
  18. orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o, test/o
    testis (plural: testes)
  19. prostat/o
    prostate gland
  20. spermat/o
    spermatozoa, sperm cells
  21. vas/o
    vessel; vas deferens; duct
  22. adipo, lipo
    fat
  23. carcino
    cancer
  24. cysto
    bladder
  25. hemato, hemo
    blood
  26. hydro
    water
  27. muco
    mucus
  28. oligo
    scanty
  29. pexy
    fixation of an organ
  30. -rrhaphy
    suture
  31. tome
    instrument to cut
  32. plasty
    surgical repair
  33. tomy
    incision
  34. pain
    algia, dynia
  35. hernia, swelling
    -cele
  36. genesis
    forming, producing, origin
  37. lith
    stone, calculus
  38. logy
    study of
  39. specialist in the study of
    logist
  40. enlargement
    megaly
  41. -oid
    resembling
  42. oma
    tumor
  43. disease
    pathy
  44. -plasia, -plasm
    formation, growth
  45. prolapse, downward displacement
    ptosis
  46. bursting forth (of)
    -rrhage, -rrhagia
  47. rrhea
    discharge, flow
  48. scope
    instrument for examining
  49. spasm
    involuntary contraction, twitching
  50. uria
    urine
  51. arche
    beginning
  52. -cyesis
    pregnancy
  53. -gravida
    pregnant woman
  54. -para
    to bear (offspring)
  55. -salpinx
    tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
  56. -tocia
    childbirth, labor
  57. -version
    turning
  58. -ia
    condition
  59. -ist
    specialist
  60. dys-
    bad, painful, difficult
  61. hyper-
    excessive
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lhills
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Reproductive System terms
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Reproductive System terms
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