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Integumentary System
word parts and vocabulary associated with the integumentary system
Term | Definition |
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adip/o | fat |
albin/o | white |
bas/o | base |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancer |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
dermat/o | skin |
erythr/o | red |
hidr/o | sweat |
ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o | nail |
py/o | pus |
scler/o | hardening |
seb/o | sebum (oil) |
trich/o | hair |
vesic/o | bladder |
xer/o | dry |
-derma | skin |
-ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
-ia | condition |
-ism | state of |
-itis | inflammation |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-opsy | to view |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
an- | without |
epi- | above, upon |
hyper- | excessive, above normal |
hypo- | under, below, insufficient |
sub- | under, below |
cutaneous | pertaining to the skin |
dermal | pertaining to the skin |
epidermal | pertaining to upon the skin |
hypodermal | pertaining to under the skin |
subcutaneous | pertaining to under the skin |
ungual | pertaining the the nail |
intradermal | pertaining to within the skin |
pruritus | severe itching |
cellulitis | diffuse (wide-spread) acute infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue |