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endocrine and reproductive suffix
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Undergraduate 1
09/18/2025

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Term
algia
Definition
pain
Term
cele
Definition
hernia, swelling
Term
cyte
Definition
cell
Term
-ectomy
Definition
surgical removal
Term
emia
Definition
blood condition (glycemia → blood sugar condition)
Term
gen / -genesis
Definition
producing, forming (estrogen → substance producing female traits)
Term
gram
Definition
record (mammogram)
Term
graphy
Definition
process of recording (angiography)
Term
iasis
Definition
abnormal condition (candidiasis → fungal infection)
Term
ism
Definition
condition, disease, doctrine (hyperthyroidism)
Term
crine
Definition
secrete (endocrine → secrete within)
Term
tropin
Definition
stimulating effect of a hormone (gonadotropin)
Term
oid
Definition
resembling (steroid)
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one
Definition
hormone (testosterone)
Term
uria
Definition
urine condition (polyuria)
Term
physis
Definition
growth (adenohypophysis → anterior pituitary growth)
Term
pathy
Definition
disease (thyropathy)
Term
megaly
Definition
enlargement (acromegaly → enlargement of extremities)
Term
penia
Definition
deficiency (leukopenia)
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lysis
Definition
breakdown, destruction (glycolysis
Term
arche
Definition
beginning (menarche → first menstruation)
Term
cyesis
Definition
pregnancy (pseudocyesis → false pregnancy)
Term
gravida
Definition
pregnant woman (primigravida → first pregnancy)
Term
para
Definition
to bear, give birth (multipara → woman with many births)
Term
partum
Definition
childbirth, labor (postpartum → after childbirth)
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tocia / -tocin
Definition
labor, childbirth (oxytocin → stimulates labor contractions)
Term
rrhagia
Definition
bursting forth (menorrhagia → heavy menstrual bleeding)
Term
rrhea
Definition
flow, discharge (gonorrhea)
Term
plasty
Definition
surgical repair (vaginoplasty)
Term
ptosis
Definition
drooping, sagging (hysteroptosis → prolapse of uterus)
Term
salpinx
Definition
fallopian tube (hematosalpinx → blood in fallopian tube)
Term
stomy
Definition
surgical opening (colpostomy)
Term
tomy
Definition
incision (episiotomy)
Term
tripsy
Definition
crushing (lithotripsy → stone crushing)
Term
pexy
Definition
surgical fixation (orchiopexy → fixation of undescended testis)
Term
oma
Definition
tumor, mass (fibroma → tumor of fibrous tissue, often uterine)
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itis
Definition
inflammation (orchitis → inflammation of testis)
Term
osis
Definition
abnormal condition, increase (endometriosis)
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