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Med Term Vocab 4
Integumentary System
Term | Definition |
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-ion | process; state; condition |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
albin/o | white |
auto- | self |
blephar/o | eyelid |
carcin/o | cancer |
caus/o | burn; burning; heat |
cauter/o | heat; burn |
cis/o | to cut |
cry/o | cold |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o; -cyte | cell |
derma/o; dermat/o; derm/o | skin |
-dermis | skin |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
e-; ex- | out; away from |
ecchym/o | blood in the tissues |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-ema | condition |
epi- | on; above; upon |
erythema/o; erythemat/o | redness |
erythr/o | red |
-esis | action; condition; state of |
-esthesia | feeling; sensation |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o | tissue |
hyper- | above; excessive |
hypo- | below; deficient |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
ichthy/o | dry; scaly |
immun/o | immune; protection |
in- | in; into; not |
integument/o | covering |
intra- | within; into |
-ism | process; condition |
jaund/o | yellow |
kerat/o | hand; horn-shaped tissue; cornea |
lip/o | fat |
-logy | study of |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
-oma | tumor; mass |
onych/o | nail |
-opsy | view of; viewing |
-ose | full of; pertaining to; sugar |
papill/o | optic disc; nipple-like |
para- | near; beside; alongside |
per- | through |
pil/o | hair; hair follicle |
-plasty | surgical repair |
prurit/o | itching |
psor/o | itching |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
-rrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
scler/o | hardening |
seb/o | sebum |
squam/o | scale |
steat/o | fat; sebum |
sub- | below; under |
-therapy | treatment |
trich/o | hair |
ungu/o | nail |
xer/o | dry |