Medical Terminology Simplified

8–68 Dys/men/o/rrhea is pain associated with menstruation. Primary

dys/men/o/rrhea is menstrual pain that results from factors intrinsic to the uterus

and the process of menstruation. It is extremely common, occurring at least occasion-

ally in almost all women. If the painful episode is mild and brief, it is considered

functional and normal and requires no treatment.

The symptomatic term that literally means bad, painful, difficult menstruationis

__________ / __________ / _____ / ____________________.

8–69 Men/o/rrhagia is excessive bleeding at the time of a menstrual period.

Literally, it means____________________ ____________________ of

____________________.

8–70 Men/o/pause terminates the reproductive period of life and is a permanent

cessation of menses or____________________.

8–71 A/men/o/rrhea is the absence or abnormal stoppage of menstruation.

Men/o/rrhea is a flow of the menses, or____________________.

8–72 Identify the element in men/o/pause that means cessation.

____________________

8–73 The terms post/men/o/paus/al and pre/men/o/paus/al refer to bleeding

occurring at times other than during the normal menstrual flow.

Post-means____________________, or behind.Premeans

____________________, or in front of.

Breasts

8–74 The breasts, also called mamm/ary glands, are present in both sexes but they

normally function only in females. The biological role of the mammary glands is to

secrete milk for the nourishment of the infant, a process called lactation.

The CFs that refer to the breast are__________ / _____ and __________ / _____.

8–75 Mast/ectomy is the____________________ of a breast.

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dys/men/o/rrhea

dĭs-mĕn-ō-RĒ-ă

bursting forth, menses

ormenstruation

MĔN-sēz, mĕn-stroo-Ā-

shŭn

menstruation

mĕn-stroo-Ā-shun

menstruation

mĕn-stroo-Ā-shun

-pause

after, before

mamm/o, mast/o

excision orremoval

ĕk-SĬ-zhŭn