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amni/o
WR: amnion (amniotic sac)
TERM 2
cervic/o
DEFINITION 2
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
TERM 3
colp/o, vagin/o
DEFINITION 3
WR: vagina
TERM 4
episi/o, vulv/o
DEFINITION 4
WR: vulva
TERM 5
galact/o,
lact/o
DEFINITION 5
WR: milk
gynec/o
WR: woman, female
TERM 7
hyster/o, uter/o
DEFINITION 7
WR: uterus (womb)
TERM 8
lapar/o
DEFINITION 8
WR: abdomen
TERM 9
metr/o
DEFINITION 9
WR: uterus (womb); measure
TERM 10
mamm/o, mast/o
DEFINITION 10
WR: breast
andr/o
WR: male
TERM 17
balan/o
DEFINITION 17
WR: glans penis
TERM 18
gonad/o
DEFINITION 18
WR: gonads, sex glands
TERM 19
orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o, test/o
DEFINITION 19
WR: testis (plural, testes)
TERM 20
prostat/o
DEFINITION 20
WR: prostate gland
spermat/o, sperm/o, sperm/i
WR: spermatozoa, sperm cells
TERM 22
varic/o
DEFINITION 22
WR: dilated vein
TERM 23
vas/o
DEFINITION 23
WR: vessel; vas deferens; duct
TERM 24
vesicul/o
DEFINITION 24
WR: seminal vessicle
TERM 25
adip/o, lip/o
DEFINITION 25
WR: fat
olig/o
WR: scanty, small
TERM 32
ectomy
DEFINITION 32
S: excision, removal
TERM 33
pexy
DEFINITION 33
S: fixation (of an organ)
TERM 34
plasty
DEFINITION 34
S: surgical repair
TERM 35
rrhaphy
DEFINITION 35
S: suture
tome
S: instrument to cut
TERM 37
tomy
DEFINITION 37
S: incision
TERM 38
algia, dynia
DEFINITION 38
S: pain
TERM 39
cele
DEFINITION 39
S: hernia, swelling
TERM 40
genesis
DEFINITION 40
S: forming, producing, origin
oid
S: resembling
TERM 47
oma
DEFINITION 47
S: tumor
TERM 48
pathy
DEFINITION 48
S: disease
TERM 49
plasia, plasm
DEFINITION 49
S: formation, growth
TERM 50
ptosis
DEFINITION 50
S: prolapse, downward displacement
rrhage,
rrhagia
S: bursting forth (of)
TERM 52
rrhea
DEFINITION 52
S: discharge, flow
TERM 53
scope
DEFINITION 53
S: instrument for examining
TERM 54
spasm
DEFINITION 54
S: involuntary contraction, twitching
TERM 55
uria
DEFINITION 55
S: urine
tocia
S: childbirth, labor
TERM 62
version
DEFINITION 62
S: turning
TERM 63
cide
DEFINITION 63
S: killing
TERM 64
tropin
DEFINITION 64
S: stimulate
TERM 65
crypt
DEFINITION 65
S: hidden
al, ic, ous
S: pertaining to, relating to
TERM 67
ia
DEFINITION 67
S: condition
TERM 68
ist
DEFINITION 68
S: specialist
TERM 69
a, an
DEFINITION 69
P: without, not
TERM 70
dys
DEFINITION 70
P: bad; painful; difficult
Dx
diagnosis
TERM 77
G
DEFINITION 77
gravida (pregnant)
TERM 78
GYN
DEFINITION 78
gynecology
TERM 79
IVF
DEFINITION 79
in vitro fertilization
TERM 80
OB-GYN
DEFINITION 80
obstetrics and gynecology
OCP's
oral contraceptive pills
TERM 82
Pap
DEFINITION 82
Papanicolaou (test)
TERM 83
para 1, 2, 3
DEFINITION 83
unipara, bipara, tripara (number of viable births)
TERM 84
PID
DEFINITION 84
pelvic inflammatory disease
TERM 85
PIH
DEFINITION 85
pregnancy-induced hypertension
XY
male sex chromosomes
TERM 92
GC
DEFINITION 92
gonorrhea
TERM 93
HPV
DEFINITION 93
human papillomavirus
TERM 94
HSV
DEFINITION 94
herpes simplex virus
TERM 95
STD
DEFINITION 95
sexually transmitted disease
VD
venereal disease
TERM 97
candidiasis
DEFINITION 97
Vaginal fungal infection caused by Candida albicans;
characterized by a curdy or cheeselike discharge and
extreme itching; also called yeast infection
TERM 98
ectopic pregnancy
DEFINITION 98
Implantation of the fertilized ovum outside of the uterine
cavity
TERM 99
fibroid
DEFINITION 99
Benign neoplasm in the uterus that is composed largely of
fibrous tissue; also called leimyoma
TERM 100
sterility
DEFINITION 100
Inability of a woman to become pregnant or for a man to
impregnate a woman
