Combining Forms & Terminology Chp 9
Terms
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- andr/o
- male
- balan/o
-
glans penis
Greek, balanos, acorn - cry/o
- cold
- crypt/o
- hidden
- edpidiym/o
- epididymis
- gon/o
-
seed
Greek gone, seed - hydr/o
- water, fluid
-
orch/o
orchi/o
orchid/o - testis, testicle (the botanical name for orchid, the flower, is derived from the greek word orchis, meaning testicle; it describes the fleshy tubers on the rootstocks of the plant.
- prostat/o
- prostate gland
- semin/i
- semen, seed
-
sperm/o
spermat/o - spermatozoa, semen
- terat/o
-
monster
Greek Teras, monster - test/o
- testis, testicle
- varic/o
- varicose veins
- vas/o
-
vessel, duct
(referring to the vas deferens) - zo/o
- animal life
- -genesis
- formation
- -one
- hormone
- -pexy
- fixation, put in place
- -stomy
- new opening
- -ferous
- pertaining to bearing or carrying