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Vocab

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subcutaneous   pertaining to under the skin  
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dermatitis   inflammation of the skin  
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dermatopathy   disease of the skin  
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anhidrosis   lack of sweating  
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melanoma   black or dark tumor  
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melanocyte   black or dark cell  
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onychomycosis   abnormal condition of nail fungus  
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rhytidectomy   removal of wrinkles  
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erythroderma   red skin  
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ichthyoderma   scaly and dry skin  
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arthrodesis   fusion of a joint  
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chondromalacia   softening of cartilage  
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osteochondroma   bone and cartilage tumor  
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intervertebral   pertaining to between vertebrae  
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fasciotomy   incision into fascia  
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kinesiology   study of movement  
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electromyogram   record of muscle electricity  
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atonia   lack of tone  
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femoral   pertaining to the femor  
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sternal   pertaining to the sternum  
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albin/o   white  
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bi/o   life  
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cry/o   cold  
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cutane/o   skin  
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cyan/o   blue  
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derm/o   skin  
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dermat/o   skin  
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diaphor/o   profuse sweating  
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electr/o   electricity  
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erythr/o   red  
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hidr/o   sweat  
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ichthy/o   scaly, dry  
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kerat/o   hard, horny  
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leuk/o   white  
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lip/o   fat  
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melan/o   black, dark  
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myc/o   fungus  
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necr/o   death  
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onych/o   nail  
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pil/o   hair  
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phot/o   light  
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py/o   pus  
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rhytid/o   wrinkle  
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scler/o   hard  
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seb/o   oil  
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trich/o   hair  
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ungu/o   nail  
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vesic/o   bladder  
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xer/o   dry  
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-derma   skin  
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-opsy   view of  
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-tome   instrument used to cut  
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allo-   other, different from usual  
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xeno-   strange, foreign  
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epidermal   pertaining to upon the skin  
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hypodermic   pertaining to under the skin  
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intradermal   pertaining to within the skin  
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dermatologist   skin specialist  
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dermatosis   abnormal condition of the skin  
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dermatoplasty   surgical repair of the skin  
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hyperhidrosis   excessive sweating  
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lipectomy   surgical removal of fat  
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lipoma   fatty tumor  
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necrosis   abnormal condition of death  
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onychectomy   removal of a nail  
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onychomalacia   softening of nails  
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onychophagia   nail eating (nail biting)  
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pyogenic   pus forming  
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rhytidoplasty   surgical repair of wrinkles  
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seborrhea   oily discharge  
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trichomycosis   abnormal condition of hair fungus  
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ungual   pertaining to the nails  
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leukoderma   white skin  
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pyoderma   pus skin  
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scleroderma   hard skin  
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xeroderma   dry skin  
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dermatome   instrument for cutting skin or for producing thin transplants of skin  
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dermatoplasty   skin grafting  
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BCC   basal cell carcinoma  
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BX, bx   biopsy  
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C&S   culture $ sensitivity  
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decub   decubitis ulcer  
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Derm, derm   dermatology  
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FS   frozen section  
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HSV   herpes simples virus  
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I&D   incision and drainage  
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ID   indradermal  
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MM   malignant melanoma  
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SCC   squamous cell carcinoma  
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SG   skin graft  
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SLE   systemic lupus erythematosus  
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STSG   split-thickness skin graft  
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subcu, SC, sc, subq   subcutaneous  
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UV   ultrviolet  
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ankyl/o   stiff joint  
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arth/o   joint  
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