Medical terminology usually has a prefix, a combining word and a suffix. It is not necessary that all medical terminology has all the three parts. The prefix is the beginning of the word, combining word or root word is the central part of the word and the suffix is the end part of the word.
Word meaning of preffix, combining form and suffix
1. Gonadocyte ; gonad/o means seed or sex glands and cyte means cell
2. Oligospermia ; olig/o- scanty , sperm- sperm and -ia means condition
3. Spermatolysis ; Sperma/o means sperm and -lysis means breakdown or destruction.
4. Vasography ; Vas/o means duct or vas deferens and -graphy means process of recording.
5. Vasostomy ; vas/o means vas deferens and -ostomy means creation of an artificial opening
6. Androphobia ; Andr/o means male and -phobia means fear of
7. Orchidoma ; Orchid/o means testis and -oma means tumor.
8. Orchidoic ; Orchid/o means testis and -ic means pertaining to
9. Epididymectomy ; epididym means epididymis and -ectomy means removal or resection
10. Epididymo-orchitis ; This is combination of two words. epididym/o means epididymis, orchi means testicle and - -itis means inflammation
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