Combining Forms
Suffixes
Prefixes
Abbreviations
Pregnancy terms
100

andr/o

male

100

-emesis

vomiting

100

pseudo-

false

100

EDD

Estimated date of delivery  

100

antepartum

Period of time before birth

200

men/o

menstruation

200

-oid

resembling 

200
ultra-

beyond

200

IVF

In vitro fertilization  

200

postpartum

Period of time just after birth

300
nat/o

birth

300

-cele

protrusion

300

nulli-

none

300

FHR

fetal heart rate

300

nullipara

Woman who has not given birth to a live infant

400

salping/o

uterine tube
400

-gravida

pregnant women

400

neo-

new

400

GU

genitourinary

400

neonate

Term for a newborn baby

500

crypt/o

hidden

500

-tocia

labor and childbirth

500

primi-

first

500

BPH

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

500

nulligravida

women who has not been pregnant