Skin, hair, nails, suffix, prefix
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| aut/o | self
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| bi/o | life
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| coni/o | dust
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| herer/o | other
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| crypt/o | hidden
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| myc/o | fungus
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| necr/o | cells that died
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| pachy/o | thick
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| rhytid/o | wrinkles
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| staphyl/o | grapelike clusters
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| strept/o | twisted chains
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| xer/o | dry
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| epi- | on, upon, over
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| intra- | within
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| para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal
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| per- | through
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| sub- | under, below
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| trans- | through, across, beyond
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| cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin
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| hidr/o | sweat
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| kerat/o | horny hard tissue
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| onych/o, ungu/o | nail
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| seb/o | sebum
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| trich/o | hair
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| epidermis | outer layer of skin
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| keratin | scleroprotein component of the horny or cornifield layer of the epidermis
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| melanin | color or pigmentation of the skin
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| dermis | inner layer of skin
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| sudoriferous | sweat glands
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| sebaceous glands | sebum in the hair follicles where the hair shafts pass through the dermis
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| hair | compressed keratinized cells that arise from hair follicles the sacs that enclose the hair fibers
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| nails | originate in the epidermis nails are found on the upper surface of the ends of the fingers and toes
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| a | noun suffix
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| coccus | berry shaped form of bacterium
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| ectomy | excision or surgical removal
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| ia | diseased or abnormal state
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| itis | inflammation
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| malacia | soft
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| opsy | view of viewing
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| phagia | eating or swallowing
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| plasty | surgical repair
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| rrhea | flow, discharge
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| tome | instrument use to cut
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| dermatitis | inflammation of the skin
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| dermatoconiosis | abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust
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| dermatofibroma | fibrous tumor of the skin
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| hidradenitis | inflammation of a sweat gland
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| leiodermia | condition of smooth skin
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| leukoderma | white patches on skin
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| onychocryptosis | abnormal condition of fungus in the nails
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| onychomalacia | softening the nails
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| onychophagia | eating the nails
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| pachyderma | thickening of the skin
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| paronychia | diseased state around the nail
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| seborrhea | discharge of sebum excessive
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| trichomycosis | abnormal condition of fungus in the hair
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| xeroderma | dry skin
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