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Integumentary
Prefixes,suffixes,and combining forms flashcards
Term | Definition |
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a- | absence of/meaning |
bi- | two or both |
dia- | through/complete |
dys- | difficult,painful,abnormal, and labored |
epi- | upon,on, and over |
hyper- | above and excessive |
hypo- | deficient,below,under and incomplete |
intra- | within,in |
meta- | change,beyond,and after |
neo- | new |
para- | beside,around,and abnormal |
per- | through |
pro- | before |
sub- | under and below |
trans- | through,across,and beyond |
uni- | one |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
albin/o | white |
aut/o | self |
bi/o | life |
coni/o | dust |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
erythr/o | red |
erythemat/o | redness |
fibr/o | fibrous tissues |
heter/o | other |
hidr/o | sweat |
kerat/o | hard,horny tissue,keratin |
lei/o | smooth |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o,lipid/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
onych/o | nail |
pachy/o | thick |
pil/o | hair |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkles |
sclera/o | hardening |
seb/o | sebum |
staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
steat/o | fat and sebum |
strept/o | twisted chains |
ungu/o | nail |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dryness,dry |
-a | no meaning, noun ending |
-al | pertaining to |
-ad | toward |
-coccus | berry-shaped |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | excision |
-gen | substance that produces/causes, agent that produces/causes |
-genic | producing, originating, causing |
-ia | condition of, diseased state, abnormal state |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation |
-ior | pertaining to |
-logy | study of |
-logist | specialist who studies and treats |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor, swelling |
-opsy | view of, process of viewing, viewing |
-orrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
-osis | abnormal condition, increased numbers relating to blood |
-ous | pertaining to |
-pathy | disease |
-phagia | eating,swallowing |
-plasia | development, growth, condition of formation |
-plasm | growth, substance, formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhea | flow,discharge |
-sis | state of |
-stasis | stop, controlling, standing |
-tome | instrument used to cut |