Prefixes
Prefix denoting neck or a cervix.
What is Cervic/o?
Meaning birth or labor
What is -partum?
Meaning ovary.
What is oophoro?
A disorder in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside the uterus.
What is endometriosis?
Stimulates the growth of the follicles and secretion of estrogen by the follicle
What is FSH
Meaning womb, where offspring are conceived.
What is hystero-?
removal of
What is -ectomy?
Meaning fallopian tubes.
What is salpingo?
The malignant tumor of the cervix.
What is cervical cancer?
When this hormone is increased the follicle ruptures.
What is LH?
Meaning woman
What is Gyneco-?
Meaning pregnancy.
What is -cyesis?
Meaning fertility.
What is fertilis?
The solid of fluid filled sac or pocket within or on the surface of an ovary.
What is an ovarian cyst?
Used to take pictures of breast tissue?
What is MMG?
Meaning inside.
What is endo-?
Meaning development.
What is -plasm?
Meaning pelvis.
What is pyelo?
A cancer that forms in the cells of the breast.
Taking tissue from a breast to investigate further.
What is Bx?
meaning ovaries
What is ovari/o?
Meaning burst.
What is -rrhage?
Meaning pregnancy.
What is gravid/o?
A hormonal disorder causing enlarged ovaries with small cysts on the outer edges.
What is polycystic ovary system?
The loss of a pregnancy before a a woman's missed period.
What is a CP.