Medical Terminology Ch. 8
lapar/o
abdomen
dys-
abnormal
-osis
abnormal condition
-amnios
amnion (innermost membrane that encloses embryo)
amni/o
amnion (innermost membrane that encloses embryo)
amnion/o
amnion (innermost membrane that encloses embryo)
cephalopelvic disporportion
baby head and mom's pelvis don't match
retro-
backward
-arche
beginning
flex/o
bend
nat/o
birth, born
hemat/o
blood
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
-carcinoma
cancer of epithelial origin
phor/o
carry, bear
cervic/o
cervix
puerper/o
childbirth (puerperium is 6 wks after childbirth)
chorion/o
chorion (outermost membrane surrounding an embryo
chori/o
chorion (outermost membrane surrounding embryo)
clitorid/o
clitoris
nuchal cord nuch/o
cord wrapped around neck
terat/o
deformity
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-ptosis
drooping, sagging
endometri/o
endometrium
-lapse
fall
-salpinx
fallopian tube
salping/o
fallopian tube
gynec/o
female
fet/o
fetus
fibr/o
fiber
primi-
first
menarche
first menstrual period
menarche definition
first menstrual period
primigravida
first pregnancy
-pexy
fixation, suspention
hydr/o
fluid, water
FSH
follicle stimulating hormone (cause release of egg)
-plasia
formation, development
pro-
forward
fund/o
fundus
aden/o
gland
cephal/o
head
hymen/o
hymen
blast/o
immature
previa
in front of
in vitro
in glass
-tomy
incision
labi/o
labia
LH
lutenizing hormone
mulit-
many
men/o
menstruation
menstru/o
menstruation
galact/o
milk
lact/o
milk
myometri/o
myometrium (smooth muscle tissue of uterus)
nuch/o
neck
cervic/o (need to know)
neck of uterus
nulligravida
never delivered a child
neo-
new
papill/o
nipple
thel/e
nipple
nulli
non
-logist
one who specializes in the study of
ec-
out
oophor/o
ovary
ovari/o
ovary
o/o
ovum
ov/i
ovum
ov/o
ovum
ovul/o
ovum
-dynia
pain
-para
parturition (delivery of an infant)
-partum
parturition (delivery of an infant)
-tocia
parturition (delivery of an infant)
part/o
parturition (delivery of an infant)
pelv/i
pelvis
perimetri/o
perimetrium
perine/o
perimeum
-ous
pertaining to
top/o
place
placent/o
placenta
abruptio placentae
placenta abruptly tears away
-cyesis
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnancy
gravid/o
pregnancy
ectopic preganacy
pregnancy any where else
placenta previa
prevents baby from leaving
-ion
process
-ation
process of
-metry
process of measurement
-graphy
process of recording
-scopy
process of viewing
py/o
pus
oxy-
rapid
culd/o
rectouterine pouch
erythr/o
red (blood cell)
-ectomy
removal
cyst/o
sac, cyst
squam/o
scaly
olig/o
scanty
colposcopy
scope of the vagina
lobul/o
small lobe
leiomy of uterus
smooth muscle
leiomy/o
smooth muscle
-pause
stop, cease
menopause
stopping of menstrual cycle
-centisis
surgical puncture
-plasty
surgical repair
gestation
term of pregnancy
TAH BSO
total abdominal hysterectomy bilateral salpingo oophorectomy (removal of everything)
-oma
tumor, mass
omphal/o
umbilicus
umbilic/o
umbilicus
hyster/o
uterus
metr/o
uterus
metri/o
uterus
uter/u
uterus
colp/o
vagina
vagin/o
vagina
vulv/o
vulva
episi/o
vuvlva
hydrosalpix
water in fallopian tubes
leuk/o
white
an-
without
bartholin/o
Bartholin gland
