For each word part below, write out its meaning and then locate a term from the chapter that uses the combining form, suffix, or prefix.

Question

1. amni/o
2. cervic/o
3. chori/o
4. colp/o
5. culd/o
6. dilat/o
7. embry/o
8. episi/o
9. estr/o
10. fet/o
11. gynec/o
12. hymen/o
13. hyster/o
14. lact/o
15. mamm/o
16. mast/o
17. men/o
18. metr/o
19. nat/o
20. o/o
21. oophor/o
22. ov/o, ov/i
23. ovari/o
24. pareun/o
25. perine/o
26. radic/o
27. salping/o
28. uter/o
29. vagin/o
30. vulv/o
31. andr/o
32. balan/o
33. crypt/o
34. epididym/o
35. orch/o
36. orchi/o
37. orchid/o
38. pen/o
39. prostat/o
40. spermat/o
41. testicul/o
42. vas/o
43. vesicul/o

Suffixes
44. –arche
45. –cyesis
46. –genesis
47. –gravida
48. –para
49. –partum
50. –salpinx
51. –tocia
52. –cide
53. –plasia
54. –spermia

Prefixes
55. ante-
56. contra-
57. primi-

Answer 1

1. amnion
2. neck, cervix
3. chorion
4. vagina
5. cul-de-sac
6. to widen
7. embryo
8. vulva
9. female
10. fetus
11. woman, female
12. hymen
13. uterus
14. milk
15. breast
16. breast
17. menses, menstruation
18. uterus
19. birth
20. egg
21. ovary
22. ovum
23. ovary
24. sexual intercourse
25. perineum
26. root
27. uterine (fallopian) tubes
28. uterus
29. vagina
30. vulva
31. male
32. glans penis
33. hidden
34. epididymis
35. testes
36. testes
37. testes
38. penis
39. prostate gland
40. sperm
41. testes
42. vas deferens
43. seminal vesicle

Suffixes

44. beginning
45. state of pregnancy
46. produces
47. pregnant woman
48. to bear (offspring)
49. childbirth

Prefixes
50. before, in front of
51. against
52. first
53. uterine tube
54. labor, childbirth
55. to kill
56. formation of cells
57. condition of sperm