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vta Integumentary
Question | Answer |
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carcin/o | Cancer |
cutan/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
dermat/o | skin |
derm/o | skin |
hist/o | tissue |
lip/o | fat |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
py/o | pus |
iasis | abnormal condition; formation of |
itis | inflamation |
oid | resembling |
oma | a mass or tumor |
osis | condition or process |
opsy | to view |
sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
stasis | standing still, control, stop |
epi | upon, over, in addition to |
ex | out, out from |
exo | outside |
mal | ill, bad, poor |
meta | after, beyond, change |
adipose | pertaining to fat, fatty |
carcinoma | a maligmant tumor occuring in the epithelial tissue |
contusion | an injury where the skin is not broken |
cyanosis | a bluish discoloration of the skin |
decubitus | an ulcer resulting from pressure; bedsore |
distichiasis | condition where the eyelashes grow in towards the eye |
laceration | a wound or irregular tear of the flesh |
lipoma | a fatty tumor |
metastasis | spreading of cancer cells from one part of the body to the other |
mycosis | any disease caused by fungus |
pruritis | severe itching |
purulent | forming or containig pus |
pyoderma | an acute, purulent dermatitis |
systemic | pertaining to the whole body |
caudal | towards the rear |
cranial | towards the front; the head |
rostral | towards the nose |
proximal | structures or parts of the structure that lie close to the main mass of the body |
dorsal | towards or near the back |
ventral | towards the or near the abdomen/belly |
lateral | side |
medial | lying towards or near the middle |
distal | away from the main mass of the body |
palmar | the rear surface of the front paw |
plantar | the rear surface of the hind paw |