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LOFM Chapter 9
The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition
Question | Answer |
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ANDR/O | MALE |
BALAN/O | PENIS (GREEK BALANOS, ACORN) |
CRY/O | COLD |
CRYPT/O | HIDDEN |
EPIDIDYM/O | EPIDIDYMIS(one of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes on top of each testis) |
GON/O | SEED(GREEK GONE, SEED) |
HYDR/O | WATER, FLUID |
ORCH/O ORCHI/O ORCHID/O | TESTIS, TESTICLE |
PEN/O | PENIS |
PROSTAT/O | PROSTATE GLAND (exocrine gland at the base of the male urinary bladder. The prostate secretes the fluid part of semen into the urethra during ejaculation) |
SEMIN/I | SEMEN, SEED |
SPERM/O SPERMAT/O | SPERMATOZOA, SEMEN |
TERAT/O | MONSTER(GREEK TERAS, MONSTER) |
TEST/O | TESTIS, TESTICLE |
VARIC/O | VARICOSE VEINS(abnormally swollen and twisted veins) |
VAS/O | VESSEL, DUCT; VAS DEFERNS (narrow tube that carries sperm from the epididymis into the body and toward the urethra) |
ZO/O | ANIMAL LIFE |
-GENESIS | FORMATION |
-ONE | HORMONE |
-PEXY | FIXATION, PUT IN PLACE |
-STOMY | NEW OPENING |