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Integumentary
Combing forms, Prefix, and suffix'es
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cause/o | burn, burns, heat |
| cauter/o | heat; burn |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profus, sweating |
| ecchym/o | blood in tissues |
| eryethem/o, erythemat/o | redness |
| erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| icthy/o | dry, scaley |
| immun/o | immune; protection |
| integument/o | covering |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| kerat/o | hard, horned- shaped, tissue |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| nerc/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| onych/o | nipple-like |
| papill/o | hair; hair follicle |
| prurit/o | itching |
| psor/o | itching |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hardning |
| seb/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scale |
| steat/o | fat; sebum |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xer/o | dry |
| a-, an | not; without |
| auto | self |
| e-, ex | out; away from |
| epi | above, over, upon |
| hyper | above normal |
| hypo | below normal |
| intra | within |
| para | near, beside, abnomal |
| per | through |
| sub | below; under |
| al | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ous | pertaining to |
| tic | pertaining to |
| cyte | cell |
| derma | skin |
| dermis | skin |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| ema | condition |
| esis | state of |
| esthesia | feeling; sensation |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| ion | process, state, condition |
| ism | process; condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | study of |
| oma | tumor; mass |
| opsy | view of; viewing |
| ose | full of, pertaining to, sugar |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhea | follow, excessive, dicharge |
| therapy | treatment |