Medical Terminology / Unit 13 MedTerm 0858 short lesson, about 20 seconds
gonad/o: Gonads
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The idea
The combining form gonad slash o names the gonads, the reproductive glands producing sex hormones.
In practice
The ovaries and testes are gonads.
Where people slip
Gonads serve both the reproductive and endocrine systems, so their terms appear in two units.
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