Lesson 26 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
/ence (noun) | property of |
/is (noun) | ? condition |
/ive (adjective) | characterized by |
/plakia | patch |
/reflexive | having reflexes |
/rrheic | relating to flow |
/sensitivity | state of being susceptible to |
AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | disease due to infection with HIV virus |
alopecia | hair loss |
an/o | anus |
annul/o | ring |
apo/ | separation or derivation from |
arrector pili | raised hair |
auscultation | act of listening for sounds within the body |
boggy | |
bull/o | bulla/bullae (large blister/ing on the skin surface) |
burs/o | bursa/bursae (large sac lined with synovial [lubricating] membrane & fluid located in areas of the body subject to friction |
butterfly rash | symptom of SLE (lupus) |
cafe au lait | tan skin spots |
cellul/o | at a cell level, within the cells |
chlor/o | green |
condyl/o | knuckle, wart lesion |
corne/o | corneum in the skin, cornea in the eye |
cortic/o | cortex, shell or outer layer |
cuticul/o | cuticle, surface layer of skin, teeth and hair |
cyan/o | blue |
decubit/o | lying down, decubitus |
dermat/o | skin, dermis |
ecchym/o | bruise, pour out |
eczemat/o | eczema lesions; thick, scaly, weeping, crusty sores |
erysipelas | acute cutaneous inflammatory disease |
erythema | flushing, skin redness |
erythrasma | an eruption of redish-brown patches |
eschar/o | eschar, sloughed dead tissue |
fasci/o | facia, connective tissue |
foli/o, foliat/o | leaf, in scales or layers |
follicul/o | follicle |
furuncul/o | furuncle (localized pyogenic infection originating deep in the hair) |
hidr/o | sweat |
hygien/o | health |
impetigo | primary pyogenic (pus-forming) infection of the skin |
indurat/o | abnormally hardened |
ischi/o | ischium, a pelvic bone |
keloid | mass of scar tissue in the dermis |
kerat/o, keratin/o | horny, hardening, becoming horny |
lacerate | traumatic cut or tear |
lentig/o | freckle |
lichenification | formation of lichen skin disease |
Lyme disease | inflammatory disorder contracted and caused by ticks |
macul/o | spot, macule |
malaise | general feeling of discomfort or uneasiness |
medull/o | medulla or innermost |
melan/o | black |
membran/o | membrane |
mili/o | tiny nodules |
monili/o | necklace, string of beads, candida infection |
MVA, motor vehicle administration MCA, motorcycle accident | ? |
myc/o | fungus |
nev/o | mole |
nodul/o | nodule |
onych/o | nail |
papill/o | papilla, papillae (any small nipplelike process or papilla of dermis-superficial projections of the dermis that contain vascular loops and specialized nerve endings, best developed in the hand and foot) |
papul/o | pimple, papule (small, circumscribed, solid elevation of the skin) |
pemphig/o | blister, pemphigus |
petechi/o | pinpoint hemorrhage, petechia |
phot/o | light |
phylax/o, phylact/o | guard |
phym/o | growth |
phyt/o, /phyte | plant, fungus |
pil/o | hair |
plak/o | patch |
port wine stain | a birthmark |
prostat/o | prostate |
pruritus, pruritic | itching |
psori/a | itch |
pustul/o | pustule (a small, circumscribed elevation of the skin containing purulent (pus) material |
Raynaud's phenomenon | spasm of the digital arteries |
seb/o | oil, wax, sebum |
septic/o, septic | infection or bacteria |
SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus | chronic inflammatory multisystemic disorder of connective tissue |
spirochete | An order of slender, flexuous, helically coiled bacteria, with one or more complete turns in the helix. |
stern/o | sternum or breast bone, sternal |
stratum, strata, stratum, germinativum, stratum corneum | layer |
sud/o, sudor/i | sweat |
synovi/o, synovo | synovium, synvvia, with egg, like egg white |
syphil/o | syphilis |
system/o | the body as a whole |
tegument/o | tegmen, covering |
theli/o | thelium, nipple, surface tissue layer |
tine/o | tinea, worm, ringworm |
trich/o | hair |
trigin/o | between skin folds |
tympan/o | drum, ear drum |
ulcer | break in the skin or membrane |
urticaria | eruption of itching wheals |
venere/o | transmitted by sexual contact |
vernix caseosa | substance which covers the skin of fetus and provides waterproof, protective cover |
verruc/o | wart, verruca vulgaris |
vitiligo | appearance of nonpigmented white patches |
wheal | edema of the skin, hives, welts |
xanth/o | yellow |
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