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Med Terms Ch. 4
Integumentary System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| heter/o | other |
| coni/o | dust |
| cutane/o | skin |
| seb/o | sebum |
| aut/o | self |
| myc/o | fungus |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| necr/o | death |
| pachy/o | thick |
| xer/o | dry |
| strept/o | twisted chainz |
| kerat/o | horny tissue |
| trich/o | hair |
| hidr/o | sweet |
| bi/o | life |
| staphyl/o | grape like clusters |
| rytid/o | wrinkles |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -rrhea | flow or excessive discharge |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -opsy | veiw, of, veiwing |
| -malacia | softening |
| -ia | diseased or abnormal, state or condition of... |
| -ectomy | excision or surgical repair |
| -coccus | berry shaped (bacterium) |
| -a | psych! no meaning |
| -sub | under, below |
| -per | through |
| -epi | on, upon, over |
| -para | beside, beyond, onward |
| -intra | within |
| SqCCA | squamous cell carcinoma |
| Strep | streptococcus |
| Staph | staphylococcus |
| CMV | cytomegalovilus |
| Subq | subcutaneous |
| SLE | systematic lupus erythematosus |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| bx | biopsy |