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Chapter 4
Medical Terminology - Integumentary System
Term | Definition |
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cutane/o | skin |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
hidr/o | sweat |
kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
onych/o | nail |
ungu/o | nail |
seb/o | sebum (oil) |
aut/o | self |
bi/o | life |
coni/o | dust |
crypt/o | hidden |
heter/o | other |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death (cells, body) |
pachy/o | thick |
rhytid/o | wrinkles |
staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
strept/o | twisted chains |
xer/o | dry |
epi- | on, upon, over |
intra- | within |
para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
per- | through |
sub- | under, below |
trans- | through, across, beyond |
-a | noun suffix, no meaning |
-coccus | berry-shaped (form of bacterium) |
-ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
-ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
-opsy | view of, viewing |
-phagia | eating or swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-tome | instrument used to cut |