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IU MED TERM Chap 5 E
IU MED TERM Chap 5 Elements & Meanings
| Chap 5 Element | Chap 5 Element Meaning |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard; cornea |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus, (plural, fungi) |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| xer/o | dry |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -therapy | treatment |
| an- | without, not |
| dia- | through, across |
| epi- | above, upon |
| homo- | some |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| sub- | under, below |