Define the combining form or suffix in the spaces provided.

1. colp/o
2. episi/o
3. gynec/o
4. hyster/o
5. lact/o
6. amni/o
7. metr/o
8. mamm/o
9. salping/o
10. perine/o
11. nat/o
12. oophor/o
13. vas/o
14. andr/o
15. crypt/o
16. balan/o
17. orch/o
18. vesicul/o
19. varic/o
20. testicul/o
21. –arche
22. –salpinx
23. –tocia
24. –gravida
25. –spermia


1. vagina
2. vulva
3. female
4. uterus
5. milk
6. amnion
7. uterus
8. breast
9. uterine tubes
10. perineum
11. birth
12. ovary
13. vas deferens
14. male
15. hidden
16. glans penis
17. testes
18. seminal vesicle
19. dilated vein
20. testes
21. beginning
22. uterine tube
23. labor, childbirth
24. pregnant woman
25. condition of sperm

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