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Chapter Eight
Meaning
Combining Forms
amniocentesis
amniotic fluid
bartholinitis
endocervicitis
chorionic
colposcopy
culdocentesis
episiotomy
galactorrhea
gynecomastia
hysterectomy
hysteroscopy
lactation
Secretion of milk
mammary
mammoplasty
mastitis
Inflammation of a breast
mastectomy
Removal of a breast
amenorrhea
No menstrual flow
dysmenorrhea
oligomenorrhea
menorrhagia
metrorrhagia
menometrorrhagia
myometrium
myomectomy
neonatal
Pertaining to newborn
obstetrics
oogenesis
oocyte
Immature ovum
oophorectomy
Removal of an ovary
ovum
An egg cell
ovarian
Pertaining to an ovary
anovulatory
Ovulation does not occur; ovum is not released from the ovary.
perineorrhaphy
oophoritis
Inflammation of an ovary
salpingectomy
uterine prolapse
vaginal orifice
vaginitis
vulvovaginitis
vulvodynia
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Chapter 8
pseudocyesis
False pregnancy
primigravida
primiparous
leukorrhea
menorrhea
Menstrual discharge
pyosalpinx
dystocia
oxytocia
cephalic version
dyspareunia
endometritis
intrauterine device
multipara
multigravida
nulligravida
nullipara
prenatal
primipara
retroversion
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