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Integumentary System
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
albin/o | white |
aut/o | self |
bi/o | life |
blephar/o | eyelid |
carcin/o | cancer |
caus/o | burn, burning, heat |
cauter/o | heat, burn |
cis/o | cut |
cry/o | cold |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
ecchym/o | blood in tissues |
erythem/o, erythemat/o | redness |
erythr/o | red |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o | tissue |
icthy/o | dry |
immun/o | immune |
integument/o | cover |
jaund/o | yellow |
kerat/o | hard |
lip/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
onych/o | nail |
papill/o | nipple-like |
pil/o | hair |
prurit/o, psor/o | itching |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
scler/o | hardening |
seb/o | sebum |
squam/o | scale |
steat/o | fat, sebum |
trich/o | hair |
ungul/o | nail |
xer/o | dry |
a-, an- | not, without |
auto- | self |
e-, ex- | out, away from |
epi- | on, over |
hyper- | above normal |
hypo- | below normal |
intra- | within, into |
para- | near, beside |
per- | through |
sub- | below, under |
-al, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
-cyte | cell |
-derma, -dermis | skin |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-ema | condition |
-esis | action, condition |
-esthesia | feeling, sensation |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ion | process, condition |
-ism | process, condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-opsy | viewing |
-ose | full of, pertaining to |
-osis | abnormal condition |
- plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
-therapy | treatment |