Medical Terminology: Female Reproductive System
1. hyster/o, metr/o: uterus
2. salping/o, -salpinx: uterine tube
3. colp/o: vagina
4. oophor/o: ovary
5. men/o: menstruation
6. mamm/o, mast/o: breast
7. -pareunia, coitus: intercourse
8. endometriosis: condition involving colonization of the abdominal/pelvic cavity with islands of endometrial
tissue
9. pelvis inflammatory disease (PID): female abdominal cavity has a direct anatomical path from the
outside world via the female reproductive tract
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1. hyster/o, metr/o: uterus
2. salping/o, -salpinx: uterine tube
3. colp/o: vagina
4. oophor/o: ovary
5. men/o: menstruation
6. mamm/o, mast/o: breast
7. -pareunia, coitus: intercourse
8. endometriosis: condition involving colonization of the abdominal/pelvic cavity with islands of endometrial
tissue
9. pelvis inflammatory disease (PID): female abdominal cavity has a direct anatomical path from the
outside world via the female reproductive tract
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