Reproductive System Terminology

Medical Anatomy and Physiology

UNIT 12 - REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM TERMINOLOGY

Female Reproductive partum ______Prefixes, Suffixes and Root Words -pathy ______a ______peri ______-al ______perine/o ______ante ______-pexy ______arche ______-phylaxis ______-ary ______-plasty ______-atresia ______post ______bi ______pro ______cervic/o ______-rrhage ______colp/o ______-rrhaphy ______culd/o ______-rrhea ______derm ______salping/o ______-dynia ______-scope ______ect/o ______-stomy ______-ectomy ______-tomy ______end/o ______umbilic/o ______episi/o ______uter/o ______fibr/o ______vagin/o ______-gen ______vesic/o ______-graphy ______vulv/o ______-gram ______gyn/o ______Medical Terms gynec/o ______amenorrhea ______hem/o ______antepartum ______hymen/o ______bilateral salpingoophorectomy hyster/o ______-ial ______colporrhaphy ______-itis ______ectoderm ______-ium ______ectopic ______lact/o ______endoderm ______later/o ______endometriosis ______leuk/o ______episiotomy ______-ology ______fibroid ______mamm/o ______genital ______mast/o ______gonads ______men/o ______gynecologist ______-meter ______gynecology ______metr/o ______hymenotomy ______-oid ______hysterectomy ______-ologist ______hysterogram ______-ology ______hysteroscope ______oophor/o ______lactation ______-osis ______leukorrhea ______ova ______mammogram ______ovari/o ______mastopexy ______

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menarche ______menstrual ______menopause ______mesoderm ______myometrium ______oocyte ______oophoritis ______oophoropathy ______ova ______ovary ______parturition ______perimetrium ______postpartum ______prenatal ______prophylaxis ______pyosalpinx ______umbilical ______uterometer ______uteropexy ______uterosalpingography ______uterovesical ______vaginal ______vaginitis ______vaginoperineoplasty ______vulvodynia ______

Medical Abbreviations AIDS ______DOB ______gyn ______hgb ______Hct ______HIV ______LMP ______neg ______peds ______PMS ______STD ______UTI ______

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Female Reproductive - KEY peri around Prefixes, Suffixes and Root Words perine/o perineum; pelvic floor a without pexy surgical fixation -al pertaining to -phylaxis protection or prevention ante before -plasty (surgical) repair arche/o first post after -ary pertaining to pro for or before -atresia lack of a normal opening -rrhage to burst forth bi two -rrhaphy to repair cervic/o neck -rrhea discharge colp/o vagina salping/o uterine tube culd/o cul-de-sac -scope instrument used to view derm skin (but sometimes referred -stomy to make a new opening to as layer) -tomy to cut into -dynia pain umbilic/o umbilicus ect/o on, upon, outer uter/o uterus -ectomy removal of vagin/o vagina end/o inside, within vesic/o fluid filled sac; bladder episi/o perineum; pelvic floor vulv/o vulva; female external fibr/o fiber genitalia -gen beginning -graphy process of making a picture or recording Medical Terms -gram picture or recording amenorrhea without menstrual discharge gyn/o female antepartum before birth gynec/o female bilateral salpingoophorectomy removal of hem/o blood uterine tubes and ovaries hymen/o hymen; covering the vaginal colporrhaphy repair of the vagina opening ectoderm outer layer hyster/o uterus ectopic misplaced -- -ial pertaining to usually pregnancy such as in -itis inflammation of the uterine tube -ium pertaining to endoderm inside layer lact/o milk endometriosis condition of the endometrium later/o side (out-side of the uterus) leuk/o white episiotomy incision into the perineum -ology study of fibroid resembling fibers mamm/o breast genital pertaining to the reproductive mast/o breast organs men/o menstruation gonads reproductive organs -meter measurement gynecologist specialist of female disorders metr/o uterine layer or tissue gynecology study of female disorders -oid resembling hymenotomy incision into the hymen -ologist one who studies hysterectomy removal of the uterus -ology the study of hysterogram picture (or x-ray) of the oophor/o ovary uterus -osis condition or state of hysteroscope instrument to view within the ova egg uterus ovari/o ovary lactation milk producing partum labor or birth leukorrhea white discharge -pathy pertaining to disease mammogram picture (x-ray) of the breast

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mastopexy surgical fixation of the breast Medical Abbreviations menarche beginning of menstruation AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency menstrual pertaining to the menstrual Syndrome cycle or menses DOB date of birth menopause cessation or end of the gyn female, gynecology menstrual cycle hgb hemoglobin mesoderm middle layer Hct hematocrit myometrium pertaining to the muscular HIV Human Immunodeficiency uterine tissue Virus oocyte egg cell LMP last menstrual period oophoritis inflammation of the ovary neg negative oophoropathy disease of the ovary peds pediatrics ova egg PMS premenstrual syndrome ovary pertaining to eggs STD sexually transmitted diseases parturition childbirth UTI urinary tract infection perimetrium pertaining to around the uterus postpartum after birth or delivery prenatal before birth prophylaxis for prevention pyosalpinx pus in the uterine tube umbilical pertaining to the umbilicus, navel or belly button uterometer measurement of the uterus uteropexy surgical fixation of the uterus uterosalpingography the process of making a picture or x-ray of the uterus and the uterine tubes vaginal pertaining to the vagina vaginitis inflammation of the vagina vaginoperineoplasty repair of the vagina and the perineum vulvodynia pain in the vulva

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Male Reproductive prophylaxis ______prostatalgia ______Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words prostatectomy ______-al ______prostatomegaly ______-algia ______prostatorrhea ______andr/o ______prostatovesiculitis balan/o ______circum ______spermatozoa ______-cise ______testicular ______crypt/o ______vasectomy ______-ectomy ______vasovesiculitis epididym/o ______-gen ______genit/o ______-ic ______Medical Abbreviations -ism ______AIDS ______-itis ______HIV ______-megaly ______STD ______-ology ______UTI ______orchi/o ______orchid/o ______-pathy ______-phylaxis ______-plasty ______pro ______prostat/o ______-rrhea ______sperm/o ______spermat/o ______testis ______vas/o ______vesic/o ______-zoa (zoo) ______

Medical Terms androgens ______andrology ______andropathy ______balanitis ______balanoplasty ______circumcise ______cryptorchidism______genital ______gonads ______orchidalgia ______orchiectomy ______orchiepididymitis ______orchiopathy ______orchitis ______

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Male Reproductive - KEY orchiopathy disease of the testes Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words orchitis inflammation of the testes -al pertaining to prophylaxis for prevention -algia pain prostatalgia pain in the prostate andr/o man or male prostatectomy removal of the prostate balan/o penis prostatomegaly enlargement of the prostate circum round prostatorrhea discharge from the prostate -cise to cut, excise prostatovesiculitis crypt/o hidden inflammation of the prostate -ectomy removal of and seminal vesicles epididym/o epididymis; structure on spermatozoa sperm cells testicle surface testicular pertaining to the testes -gen producing, origin vasectomy removal of the vas deferens genit/o genitals, reproductive organs vasovesiculitis inflammation of the vas -ic pertaining to deferens -ism state of or condition of -itis inflammation of Medical Abbreviations -megaly enlargement of AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency -ology study of Syndrome orchi/o testes HIV Human Immunodeficiency orchid/o testes Virus -pathy disease STD Sexually Transmitted -phylaxis prevention or protection Diseases -plasty surgical repair UTI Urinary Tract Infection pro for or before prostat/o prostate -rrhea discharge sperm/o sperm spermat/o sperm testis testicle: male sex gonad vas/o vas deferens vesic/o fluid filled sac;bladder -zoa (zoo) animal

Medical Terms androgens male producing andrology study of males andropathy pertaining to diseases of the male balanitis inflammation of the penis balanoplasty surgical repair of the penis circumcise to cut around cryptorchidism hidden or undescended testicle genital pertaining to the reproductive organs gonads reproductive organs orchidalgia pain in the testes orchiectomy removal of the testes orchiepididymitis inflammation of the testes and the epididymis

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