Medical Terminology Simplified

8–33 Form another word in addition to colp/itis that means inflammation of

the vagina.

____________________ / __________

8–34 Colp/o/dynia denotes a pain in the vagina.Use colp/oto build another term

for pain in the vagina.

__________ / ____________________

8–35 Use colp/oto construct medical words that mean

spasm or twitching of the vagina:__________ / _____ / ____________________

prolapse or downward displacement of the vagina:

__________ / _____ / ____________________

fixation of the vagina:__________ / _____ / __________

8–36 Use vagin/oto form medical words that mean

surgical repair of the vagina:__________ / _____ / __________

instrument to view the vagina:__________ / _____ / __________

incision of the vagina:__________ / _____ / __________

8–37 A prolapsed vagina is usually sutured to the abdominal wall. Colp/o/

rrhaphy is a____________________ of the ____________________.

8–38 A vesic/o/vagin/al fistula is another type of path/o/logy that can develop in

the female reproductive system. This is an abnormal passage between the urinary

bladder and the vagina. (See Fig. 8–6.)

An abnormal connection that develops between the bladder and vagina is known as a

____________________ / _____ / ____________________ / __________

____________________.

8–39 The term fistularefers to an abnormal passage from one epithelial surface to

another epithelial surface. It can occur in any body system. Thus, a vesic/o/vagin/al

fistula is only one type of fistula. A ureter/o/vagin/al fistula occurs between the lower

ureter and the____________________.

Frame 8–30to Frame 8–39

Female Reproductive System • CHAPTER 8 341

vagin/itis

văj-ĭn-Ī-tĭs

colp/algia

kŏl-PĂL-jē-ā

colp/o/spasm

KŎL-pō-spăzm

colp/o/ptosis

kŏl-pŏp-TŌ-sĭs

colp/o/pexy

KŎL-pō-pĕk-sē

vagin/o/plasty

VĂJ-ĭ-nō-plăs-tē

vagin/o/scope

VĂJ-ĭn-ō-skōp

vagin/o/tomy

văj-ĭ-NŎT-ō-mē

suture, vagina

SŪ-chŭr, vă-JĪ-nă

vesic/o/vagin/al fistula

vĕs-ĭ-kō-VĂJ-ĭ-năl,

FĬS-tū-lă

vagina

vă-JĪ-nă