Medical Terminology Simplified

9–79 Use oophor/oto construct medical words that mean

disease of an ovary:____________________ / _____ / ____________________

incision of an ovary:____________________ / _____ / __________

9–80 Use orchid/oto form a word that means surgical fixation of a testis.

____________________ / _____ / __________

Competency Verification:Check your labeling of Figure 9–3 in Appendix B: Answer Key, page 591.

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

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oophor/o/pathy

ō-ŏf-or-ŎP-ă-thē

oophor/o/tomy

ō-ŏf-or-ŎT-ō-mē

orchid/o/pexy

OR-kĭd-ō-pĕk-sē