Medical Terminology Simplified

8–96 Because regions of the fallopian tubes have an internal diameter as small as

the width of a human hair, the scarring and closure of the tubes caused by PID is one

of the major causes of female sterility (infertility).

Chlamydia and gonorrhea are two main causes of PID. The abbreviation PID means

____________________ ____________________ ____________________.

8–97 A pelvic infection that involves the ovaries is known as oophor/itis. Use

oophor/o to build a term that means

inflammation of the ovaries:____________________ / __________

tumor of the ovaries:____________________ / __________

8–98 The CF salping/o means tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory]

tubes).A tumor or cyst in a fallopian tube may necessitate the removal of a

fallopian tube.

Build a surgical term that means excision of a fallopian tube.

____________________ / ____________________

8–99 A hyster/o/tome is an instrument for incising the____________________.

8–100 Abdominal incision of the uterus (hyster/o/tomy) is performed to remove

the fetus during a cesarean section (CS), also called C-section.

Hyster/o/tomy is an____________________into the____________________.

8–101 Abbreviations for cesarean section are__________ and

____________________.

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

352 CHAPTER 8• Reproductive Systems

pelvic inflammatory

disease

salping/ectomy

săl-pĭn-JĔK-tō-mē

incision, uterus

CS, C-section

oophor/itis

ō-ŏf-ō-RĪ-tĭs

oophor/oma

ō-ŏf-ō-RŌ-mă

uterus

Ū-tĕr-ŭs