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Mod F week three
Reproductive System
Question | Answer |
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Amni/O | Amnion, Fetal membrane |
Ante- | Before |
-Cele | hernia |
-Centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
Colp/O | Vagina |
Crypt/O | Hidden |
Culd/O | Blind, pouch |
Didym/O | Testes, twins, double |
Dys- | Painful, bad, difficult |
-Ectomy | Surgical removal |
Endo- | In, within, inside |
Epi- | Above, upon, on |
Embry/O | Fertilized, ovum, embryo |
Episi/O | Vulva |
Fet/O | Fetus, unborn child |
-Gravida | Pregnant women |
Hyster/O | Uterus |
-Ism | Condition, state of |
-Itis | Inflammation |
Ieuk/O | White |
Mamm/O | Breast |
Mast/O | Breast |
Metri/O | Uterus |
Multi- | Many, much |
Nat/I | Birth |
Neo- | New |
Nulli- | None |
Olig/O | Scanty, few |
Orchid/O | Testicle, testis, testes |
-Osis | Abnormal condition |
-Otomy | Surgical incision |
Par/O | To bear, bring forth, labor |
-Para | To bear, bring fourth |
Part/O | To bring fourth |
Paus/O | Stopping |
-Plasia | Development, formation, growth |
Post- | After behind |
Primi- | First |
Pareuni/O | Sexual intercourse |
-Pexy | Surgical fixation |
-Plasty | Surgical repair |
Rect/O | Rectum, straight |
Retro- | Behind, backward, back of |
-Rrhagia | Abnormal or excessive discharge |
-Rrhea | Abnormal flow, discharge |
Sperm/O | Sperm, seed |
-Version | To turn |
-Us | Thing, pertaining to |
Amniocentesis | Surgical puncture to remove amniotic fluid |
Dysmenorrhea | Painful menstruation |
Leukorrhea | Profuse white mucous discharge from the vagina |
Mammoplasty | Surgical repair or restructuring of the breast |
Oligospermia | Abnormally low sperm count |
Orchiopexy | Fixation in the scrotum of undescened testes |
Rectocele | When part of the rectum herniates into the vagina |
Retroversion | Abnormal backward tipping of the uterus |
BPH | Benign Prostaic Hypertrophy. Abnormal enlargement of prostate |
Circumcision | Surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis |
D&C | Dilation and Curettage; Dilation of the cervix and scraping to the uterus |
Epididymitis | Inflammation of the epididymis in testes |
Episiotomy | Surgical incision of the perineum and vagina for childbirth |
Menometrorrhagia | Excessive bleeding during menses and or between menses |
Multiparous | Woman who has given birth 2 or more times |
Neonate | Infant during the first 4 weeks after birth |
Nulligravida | Woman who has never been pregnant |
Oligomenorrhea | Markedly reduced menstrual flow or abnormally infrequent menstruation |
Postpartum | Time after a women has delivered a baby |
Primigravida | Woman during her first pregnancy |
Cryptorchidism | Undescended testes |
Endometriosis | Condition where the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus |
Fimbriae | Finger-like projections that move the ova into the fallopian tubes |
Hypospadias | Males: urethral opening is on the underside of the penis; Female: urethral opening is in the vagina |
Impotence | Inability to achieve or maintain an erection long enough to engage in sexual intercourse |
Perineum | The area between the opening of the vagina and the anus in a woman, or the area between the scrotum and the anus in a man |
PID | Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
STD | Sexually Transmitted Disease |
Amnion | Innermost membrane that surrounds the embryo |
Contraception | Prevention of pregnancy |
Fertilization | The act of the sperm and ova becoming one |
Lactation | Process of forming and secreting milk from the breast |
Menarche | Very first menstrual flow |
Parturition | Act of giving birth, labor, childbirth |
Gynecologist | Physician who specializes in the female reproductive system |
Zygote | Diploid cell resulting from union of egg (ova) and sperm |
Corpus Luteum | Glandular mass formed in the ovary after ovulation |
Priapism | A condition that causes a persistent, and often painful penile erection |
Men/O | Menses, menstruation |
Metr/O | Uterus |