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Integumentary
Prefixes,suffixes,and combining forms flashcards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | absence of/meaning |
| bi- | two or both |
| dia- | through/complete |
| dys- | difficult,painful,abnormal, and labored |
| epi- | upon,on, and over |
| hyper- | above and excessive |
| hypo- | deficient,below,under and incomplete |
| intra- | within,in |
| meta- | change,beyond,and after |
| neo- | new |
| para- | beside,around,and abnormal |
| per- | through |
| pro- | before |
| sub- | under and below |
| trans- | through,across,and beyond |
| uni- | one |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| coni/o | dust |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| erythr/o | red |
| erythemat/o | redness |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissues |
| heter/o | other |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | hard,horny tissue,keratin |
| lei/o | smooth |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o,lipid/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| pil/o | hair |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| sclera/o | hardening |
| seb/o | sebum |
| staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
| steat/o | fat and sebum |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dryness,dry |
| -a | no meaning, noun ending |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -coccus | berry-shaped |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -gen | substance that produces/causes, agent that produces/causes |
| -genic | producing, originating, causing |
| -ia | condition of, diseased state, abnormal state |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -logy | study of |
| -logist | specialist who studies and treats |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -opsy | view of, process of viewing, viewing |
| -orrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increased numbers relating to blood |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phagia | eating,swallowing |
| -plasia | development, growth, condition of formation |
| -plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | flow,discharge |
| -sis | state of |
| -stasis | stop, controlling, standing |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
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