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Ch 11 Dermatology
Prefixes, suffixes, root words
Question | Answer |
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follicul/o- | follicle (small sac) |
adip/o- | fat |
all/o- | strange; other |
bas/o- | base of structure; base (alkaline) |
coll/a- | fibers that hold together |
cutane/o- cut/i- derm/a- dermat/o- derm/o- integument/o- | skin |
diaphore/o hidr/o- sudor/i- | sweat |
elast/o- | flexing; stretching |
erect/o- | to stand up |
erg/o- | activity; work |
ex/o- | away from; external; outward |
fer/o- | to bear |
foli/o- | leaf |
integu/o- | to cover |
kerat/o- | cornea (of eye); hard; fibrous protein |
lip/o- | lipid (fat) |
loc/o- | in one place |
lun/o- | moon |
melan/o- | black |
onych/o- ungu/o- | nail |
phylact/o- | guarding; protecting |
pil/o- trich/o- | hair |
sebace/o- seb/o- | sebum (oil) |
sensitiv/o | affected by; sensitive to |
spir/o- | to breath; a coil |
system/o- | the body as a whole |
theli/o- | cellular layer |
ependym/o- | cellular lining |
-al -ary | pertaining to |
-cyte | cell |
-gen | that which produces |
-in | a substance |
-ment | action; state |
-ose | full of |
-ous | pertaining to |
-tome | instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges |
-ula | small thing |
epi- | upon; above |
ex- | out; away from |
per- | through; throughout |
sub- | below; underneath; less than |