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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
Term | Definition |
---|---|
a- | Absensce |
bi- | Two |
dia- | Complete |
dys- | Painful |
epi- | Above |
hyper- | Excessive |
hypo- | Incomplete |
intra - | Inside |
meta- | Subsequent to & After |
neo- | New |
para- | Near & Resembling |
per- | Enter Through |
pro- | Before |
sub- | Underneath & Beneath |
trans - | Across & Beyond of |
uni- | As one |
-ad | Toward |
-coccus | Round & Spherical |
-cyt | Cell |
-ectomy | Removal of something (Surgical) |
-gen | Agent that produces |
-genic | Producing |
-ia | Abnormal condition |
-ic | Pertaining to |
-itis | Inflammation |
-ior | Pertaning To |
-logy | Study of |
-logist | Study of |
-malacia | Abnormal |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-oid | Like or Resembling |
-oma | Tumor or Swelling |
-oxy | Sharp or acute |
-opsy | Process of viewing |
-orrhea | Excessive |
-osis | Abnormal condition |
-ous | Pertaining to |
-pathy | Disease |
-phagia | Swallow |
-plasia | Condition of formation |
-plasm | Growth |
-plasty | repair of surgery |
-rrhea | Discharge |
-sis | State of |
-stasis | Controlling or stop |
-tome | Instrument for cutting |
-a | No meaning |
-al | Pertaining to |
aden/o | Gland |
adip/o | Fatty tissue |
albin/o | White |
aut/o | Self |
bi/o | Life |
coni/o | dust |
crypt/o | cold |
cry/o | Cold or freezing |
cutane/o | Skin |
cyan/o | bluish |
derm/o | Skin |
dermat/o | Skin |
erythr/o | reddish or red |
erythemat/o | Redness |
fibr/o | Fibrous tissue |
heter/o | Other |
hidr/o | Sweat or sweating |
kerat/o | Hard or keratin |
lei/o | Smooth |
leuk/o | White |
lip/o | Fat |
melan/o | Black |
myc/o | Fungus |
Necr/o | Death |
onych/o | Abnormal condition of the nail |
pachy/o | Thick |
pil/o | Hair |
py/o | Pus |
rhytid/o | Wrinkles |
sclera/o | Stiffening |
seb/o | Fat, sebum |
staphyl/o | Grapelike clusters |
steat/o | Fat |
ungu/o | Nail |
xanth/o | Yellow |
xer/o | Dryness |