Chapter 8 Key Terminology Flashcards
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dys-
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bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
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multi-
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many
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nulli-
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none
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primi-
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first
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poly-
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many, much, excessive, frequent
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pre-
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before, in front of
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pro-
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forward
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peri-
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surrounding
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ec-
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out
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oxy-
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rapid
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neo-
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new
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-ician, -logist
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one who specializes in the study of
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-arche
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beginning
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-pause
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stop, cease
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-ation
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process of
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-salpinx
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fallopian tube (used often as pyosalpinx, hydrosalpinx, hematosalpinx)
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-gravida, -cyesis
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pregnancy
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-partum, -para, -tocia
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delivery (parturition)
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging
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-ion
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process
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-ism
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condition
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-dynia
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pain
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-lapse
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fall
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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-rrhagia
bursting forth
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-drome
run
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-amnios
amnion (membrane that surrounds and protects the embryo)
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-plasia
formation, development
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-oma
tumor, mass
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-carcinoma
cancer of epithelial origin
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-sarcoma
cancerous tumor of connective tissue
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-metry
process of measurement
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-graphy
process of recording
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-scopy
process of viewing
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-centesis
surgical puncture
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-pexy
fixation
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gynec/o
female
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o/o, ov/o, ov/i, ovul/o
egg/ovum (female gamete/sex cell)
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oophor/o, ovari/o
ovary (female gonad/sex organ)
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men/o, menstru/o
menstruation
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colp/o, vagin/o
vagina
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labi/o
labia (inner and outer lips covering vaginal opening/orifice)
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hymen/o
hymen (membrane that partially covers the vaginal opening)
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clitorid/o
clitoris (sensitive, erectile tissue above the urethral opening)
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bartholin/o
Bartholin gland (two glands in the vulva that secrete a mucous lubricant for the vagina)
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vulv/o, episi/o
Vulva (external female genitalia)
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perine/o
perineum (the area between the opening of the vagina and the anus)
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hyster/o, metri/o, metr/o, uter/o
uterus
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salping/o
fallopian tube
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fund/o
fundus (top of the uterus)
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cervic/o
cervic/o (lower neck of the uterus)
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culd/o
rectouterine pouch (a space in the pelvic cavity between the uterus and the rectum)
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mammo/o, mast/o
breast
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lact/o, galact/o
milk
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papill/o, thel/e
nipple
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omphal/o, umbilic/o
umbilicus
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part/o
parturition (delivery)
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nat/o
birth, born
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puerper/o
childbirth
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gravid/o
pregnancy
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fet/o
fetus
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amni/o
amnion (membrane that surrounds and protects the embryo)
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chori/o, chorion/o
chorion (outer membrane that surrounds the embryo)
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placent/o
placenta (highly vascular structure that acts as a physical communication between the mother and the embryo)
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hemat/o
blood
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py/o
pus
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hydr/o
fluid, water
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cyst/o
sac, cyst
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flex/o
bend
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leuk/o
white
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erythr/o
red
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olig/o
scanty, few
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phor/o
carry, bear
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cephal/o
head
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pelv/i
pelvis
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top/o
place
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nuch/o
neck
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aden/o
gland
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leiomy/o
smooth muscle
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duct/o
carry
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lapar/o
abdomen
