This section will describe common word components related to the male reproductive system system. These word components help build definitions for many medical terms. Other common prefixes are described in Chapter 1.3, and common suffixes are described in Chapter 1.5.

COMMON PREFIXES RELATED TO THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

• a-: Absence of, without
• an-: Absence of, without
• crypt-: Hidden
• dys-: Painful, difficult
• epi-: Above
• hyper-: Above, excessive
• hypo-: Below
• par-: Near
• trans-: Through, across, beyond

COMMON WORD ROOTS WITH A COMBINING VOWEL RELATED TO THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

• andr/o: Male
• balan/o: Glans penis
• epididym/o: Epididymis
• gonad/o: Gonad
• orch/o: Testis, testicle
• orchi/o: Testis, testicle
• orchid/o: Testis, testicle
• pen/i: Penis
• phall/o: Penis
• posth/o: Prepuce, foreskin
• preputi/o: Prepuce, foreskin
• prostat/o: Prostate gland
• scrot/o: Scrotum
• semin/i: Semen
• sperm/o: Sperm, spermatozoon
• spermat/o: Sperm, spermatozoon
• test/o: Testis, testicle
• testicular/o: Testis, testicle
• urethr/o: Urethra
• vas/o: Vas deferens, vessel, duct
• vesicul/o: Seminal vesicle

COMMON SUFFIXES RELATED TO THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

• -al: Pertaining to
• -algia: Pain
• -ar: Pertaining to
• -cision: Processing of cutting
• -ectomy: Excision or surgical removal
• -genesis: Beginning, development, or production
• -gram: Record
• -graphy: Process of recording
• -ia: Diseased state, abnormal state, condition of, condition
• -ic: Pertaining to
• -ism: State of, condition
• -itis: Inflammation
• -logy: Study of
• -lysis: Loosening, dissolution, separating
• -oma: Tumor, mass
• -ous: Pertaining to
• -pathy: Disease
• -pexy: Surgical fixation, suspension
• -plasia: Development, growth
• -plasty: Surgical repair
• -rrhea: Flow, discharge
• -sis: Condition
• -stomy: Creation of new opening, process of new opening
• -tomy: Cut into, incision