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Integumentary System
Term | Definition |
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adip/o | fat |
lip/o | fat cell |
steat/o | inflammation of fatty tissue |
cutane/o | skin |
dermat/o | physician specializing in treating skin disorders |
derm/o | under or inserted under the skin,as in a hypodermic injection |
hidr/o | inflammation of a sweat gland |
sudor/o | condition of profuse sweating; also called diaphoresis |
ichthy | dry, scaly |
kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus (plural, fungi) |
onych/o | nail |
pil/o | hair |
trich/o | any disease of the hair |
scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
squam/o | scale |
xer/o | dry |
-derma | skin |
-oid | resembling |
-phoresis | carrying, transmission |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-therapy | treatment |