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Chapter 8
Ch 8 - Female Reproductive System - Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes
| Prefixes | meaning |
|---|---|
| amni/o | amnion |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| chori/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| episi/o | vulva |
| galact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus |
| metri/o | uterus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myom/o | muscular tumor |
| nat/i | birth |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| olig/o | scanty |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg |
| perine/o | perineum |
| phor/o | to bear |
| py/o | pus |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cele | hernia |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation |
| -ectomy | removal; excision |
| -flexion | flexible |
| -genesis | producing, forming |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -parous | to bear, bring forth |
| -plasia | development; formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (blood) |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -salpinx | uterine tube |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenosis | tightening |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
| -version | act of turning |
| bi- | two |
| dys- | painful |
| endo- | within |
| in- | in |
| intra- | within |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | no, not, none |
| oxy- | swift, sharp |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | backward |
| uni- | one |
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