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Integumentary System
Medical terminology for integumentary system
Term | Definition |
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-derma | skin |
-graft | transplanting tissue from one area to another |
Albino | white |
Cautero | burn |
Cryo | cold |
Cutaneo | skin |
Derm/dermato | skin |
Diaphoro | profuse sweating |
Hidro | sweat |
Ichthyo | dry, scaly |
Ictero | jaundice (a medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes) |
Kerato | hard |
Melano | black |
Necro | death |
Onycho/unguo | nail |
Pachy | thick |
Pilo | hair |
Rhytido | wrinkle |
Schizo | split |
Sebo | oil |
Xero | dry |
Allo | other/different |
Sub | under/below |
Xeno | strange/foreign |
Leio | smooth |
Subcutaneous | situated or applied below the skin |
Dermatitis | inflammation/irritation of the skin (red, swollen, sore, sometimes blisters) |
Dermatologist | medical expert of skin |
Onychomycosis | nail fungus causing thickened, brittle, crumbly, or ragged nails |
Hypodermic | of or relating to the region beneath the skin |
Dermatosis | disease of the skin |
Anhidrosis | inability to sweat normally |
Hyperhidrosis | abnormal excessive sweating |
Lipoma | benign tumor of fatty tissue |
Leiomyoma | smooth muscle tumor |
Rhytidectomy | facelift "wrinkle" "incision" |
Seborrhea | excessive discharge of sebum from the sebaceous glands. |
Erythroderma | aka generalized Exfoliative dermatitis inflammatory skin disease |
Onychectomy | aka declawing; operation to remove animal's nails (claws) |
Scleroderma | chronic hardening and contraction of the skin and connective tissue |
Xeroderma | dry skin; various diseases characterized by extreme dryness of the skin |
Ichthyoderma | dry, scaly skin |
Onychomalacia | abnormal softness of nails |