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MedTemCp8 CFSP
MedTemCp8 Combing Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes
Combining Form/Prefix/Suffix | Meaning |
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Amni/o | amnion |
Cervic/o | cervix, neck |
Chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
Colp/o | vagina |
Culd/o | cul-de-sac |
Episi/o | vulva |
Galact/o | milk |
Hyster/o | uterus, womb |
Lact/o | milk |
Obsterix | midwife |
Lei/o | smooth |
My/o | muscle |
-oma | tumor |
Men/o | menses, menstruation |
Metro, metri/o | uterus |
Treat/o | monster |
My/o, myom/o | muscle, muscle tumor |
Nat/i | birth |
Obstetr/o | pregnancy and childbirth |
O/o | egg |
Oophor/o | ovary |
Ov/o | egg |
Ovari/o | ovary |
Ovul/o | egg |
Perine/o | perineum |
Phor/o | to bear, eggs |
Salping/o | fallopian tubes |
Uter/o | uterus |
Vagin/o | vagina |
vulv/o | vulva |
-arche | beginning |
-cysis | pregnancy |
-gravida | pregnant |
-parous | bearing, bringing forth |
-rrhea | discharge |
-salpinx | uterine tube |
-tocia | labor, birth |
-version | act of turning |
Dys- | painful |
Endo- | within |
In- | in |
Intra- | within |
Multi- | many |
Nulli- | no, not, none |
Pre- | before |
Primi- | fist |
Retro- | backward |
Oxy- | Rapid |