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| Combining Form | Meaning |
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| episi/o | vulva |
| galact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o, metr/i | uterus |
| my/o, myom/o | muscle, muscle tumor |
| nat/i | birth |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy and childbirth |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg |
| perine/o | perineum |
| phor/o | to bear |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| -parous | bearing, bringing forth |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -salpinx | fallopian (uterine) tube |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -version | act of turning |
| -genesis | producing, forming |
| -ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -flexion | process of bending |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| dys- | painful, bad |
| endo- | within |
| in- | in, into, not |
| intra- | within, into |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | no, not, none |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| primi- | first |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| bi- | two |
| oxy- | rapid, sharp, acid |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pseudo- | false |
| uni- | one |
| Ab | abortion |
| AFP | alpha-fetoprotein--high levels in amniotic fluid of fetus or maternal serum indicate increased risk of neurologic birth defects in the infant |
| ASCUS | atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance--Pap spear is abnormal but does not meet specific criteria |
| AUB | abnormal uterine bleeding |
| BRCA1, BRCA2 | breast cancer 1 & 2--genetic mutations associated with increased risk for breast cancer |
| BSE | breast self-examination |
| CA 125 | protein marker elevated in ovarian cancer (normal range is 0 to 35) |
| C-section, CS | cesarean section |
| CIS | carcinoma in situ |
| CVS | chorionic villus sampling |
| Cx | cervix |
| D&C | dilation and curettage |
| DCIS | ductal carcinoma in situ; a precancerous breast lesion that indicates a higher risk of invasive ductal breast cancer |
| DUB | dysfunctional uterine bleeding |
| EDC | estimated date of confinement, "due date" |
| FHR | fetal heart rate |
| FSH | follicle-stimulating hormone |
| G | gravida (pregnant) |
| GYN | gynecology |
| hCG or HCG | human chorionic gonadotropin |
| HPV | human papilloma virus |
| HRT | hormone replacement therapy |
| HSG | hysterosalpingography |
| IUD | intrauterine device; contraceptive device |
| IVF | in vitro fertilization |
| LEEP | loop electrocautery excision procedure |
| LH | luteinizing hormone |
| LMP | last menstrual period |
| multip | multipara; multiparous |
| OB | obstetrics |
| OCPs | oral contraceptive pills |
| para 2-0-1-2 | a woman's reproductive history: 2 full-term infants, 0 preterm, 1 abortion, 2 living children. |
| PAP test | Papanicolaou smear - test for cervical or vaginal cancer |
| Path | pathology |
| PID | Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
| PMS | premenstrual syndrome |
| primip | primipara; primiparous--opposite of multiparous---opposite of multiparous |
| RDS | respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn |
| SLN biopsy or SNB | sentinel lymph node biopsy--blue dye or radioisotope (or both) identifies the first lymph node draining the breast lymphatics. |
| TAH-BSO | total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy |
| VH | vaginal hysterectomy |
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