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8 Obstetrics
8 Obstetrics
Identify meanings of key word components of obstetrics.
Prefixes
ante- (before)
dys- (painful, labored, difficult)
endo- (within)
in-, intra- (within, inside)
micro- (small)
multi- (many)
neo- (new)
nulli- (none)
post- (after)
pre- (before)
prim/i- (first)
retro- (backward, behind)
Combining Forms
amni/o (amnion, amniotic fluid)
cephal/o (head)
cervic/o (cervix)
chori/o, chorion/o (chorion)
colp/o (vagina)
culd/o (rectouterine pouch)
embry/o (embryo)
episi/o (vulva)
esophag/o (esophagus)
fet/i (fetus, unborn offspring)
fet/o (fetus, unborn offspring)
glact/o (milk)
gravid/o (pregnancy)
gynec/o (woman)
hyster/o (uterus)
lact/o (milk)
mamm/o (breast)
mast/o (breast)
men/o (menstruation)
metr/o (uterus)
metri/o (uterus)
nat/i (birth)
nat/o (birth)
obstetr/o (midwife)
olig/o (scanty, few)
omphal/o (umbilicus, navel)
oophor/o (ovary)
ov/o (ovary)
ovari/o (ovary)
ovul/o (ovary)
par/o (to bear, labor, childbirth, give birth to)
part/o (to bear, labor, childbirth, give birth to)
perine/o (perineum)
pseud/o (false)
prim/i (first)
pseud/o (false)
puerper/o (childbirth)
pylor/o (pylorus, pyloric sphincter)
salping/o (uterine tube)
terat/o (malformations)
uter/o (uterus)
vagin/o (vagina)
vulv/o (vulva)
Suffixes
-a (no meaning, noun ending)
-al (pertaining to)
-amnios (amnion, amniotic fluid)
-arche/o (beginning, first)
-cyesis (pregnancy)
-e (noun ending, no meaning)
-gen (substance that produced, agent that produced)
-genic (producing, originating, causing)
-graphy (process of recording)
-ic (pertaining to)
-is (noun suffix, no meaning)
-itis (inflammation)
-logist (specialist who studies and treats, physician who studies and treats)
-logy (study of)
-oid (resembling)
-oma (tumor)
-parous (having given birth)
-rrhea (discharge, flow)
-rrhexis (rupture)
-salpinx (tube or uterine tube)
-stenosis (constriction, narrowing)
-tocia (birth, labor)
-tomy (incision, cut into)
-um (noun ending, no meaning)
-us (noun ending, no meaning)
-version (turned, turning, for example turning the fetus)
Apply the rules of medical language to pronounce, break into word parts, and define the following terms.
Label each word part by using the following abbreviations:
P = Prefix
WR = Word Root
CV = Combining Vowel
S = Suffix
CF = Combining Form
Example: osteoarthropathy (ä-stē-ō-är-THROP-ă-thē) – disease of bone and joint
WR CV WR CV S
oste / o / arthr / o /pathy
CF CF
Practice pronouncing and defining these medical terms that are not easily broken into word parts.
abortion (ă-BOR-shŏn)
abruptio placentae (ă-BRŬP-shē-ō plă-SENT-ā)
Apgar score (AP-gar skōr)
breech (brēch)
Cesarean section (CS, c-section) (si-ZAR-ē-ăn SEK-shŏn)
cephalic presentation (sĕ-FAL-ĭk prē-zen-TĀ-shŏn)
cephalic version (sĕ-FAL-ĭk VĔR-zhŏn)
cerclage (sĕr-KLĂZH)
colostrum (kŏ-LOS-trŭm)
congenital anomaly (kŏn-JĔN-ĭ-tăl ă-NOM-ă-lē)
eclampsia (e-KLAMP-sē-ă)
ectopic pregnancy (ek-TOP-ik PREG-năn-sē)
in vitro fertilization (IVF) (in VĒ-trō fĕrt-ĭl-ĭ-ZĀ-shŏn)
induction (in-DŬK-shŏn)
lactation (lak-TĀ-sh