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CF Skin
Combining forms for the Skin
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat (dee lip/o and steat/o) |
| albin/o | white |
| caus/o | burn, burning |
| cauter/o | heat,burn |
| cutane/o | skin (see derm/o) |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | porfuse sweating (see hidr/o) |
| erythem/o,erythem/o | redness |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry (fish-like) |
| kerat/o | hard, horny tissue |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus (fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms) |
| onych/o | nail (see ungu/o) |
| phyt/o | pllant |
| pil/o | hair (see trich/o), hair follicle |
| seb/o | sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands) |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| steat/o | fat |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| abras/o | scrape off |
| actin/o | rays of the sun |
| all/o | other; strange |
| alopec/o | bald |
| angi/o | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
| aspir/o | to breathe in; to suck in |
| aut/o | self |
| bas/o | base of a structure; basic (alkaline) |
| bi/o | life; living organism; living tissues |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cellul/o | cell |
| contus/o | bruising |
| cortic/o | cortex; outer region |
| cry/o | cold |
| cut/i | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| derm/a | skin |
| desicc/o | to dry up |
| dynam/o | power; movement |
| ecchym/o | blood in the tissues |
| elast/o | flexing; stretching |
| electr/o | electricity |
| erect/o | to stand up |
| erg/o | activity; work |
| erythemat/o | redness |
| esthes/o | sensation;feeling |
| esthet/o | sensation; feeling |
| ex/o | away from; external; outward |
| excis/o | to cut out |
| excori/o | to take out skin |
| exud/o | oozing fluid |
| fer/o | to bear |
| fiss/o | splitting |
| foli/o | leaf |
| follicul/o | follicle (small sac) |
| fulgur/o | fungus |
| gangrene/o | gangrene |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsute/o | hairy |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| incis/o | to cut into |
| integument/o | skin |
| integu/o | to cover |
| kel/o | tumor |
| kerat/o | cornea (of the eye), hard, fibrous protein |
| lacer/o | a tearing |
| lip/o | lipid (fat) |
| loc/o | in one place |
| log/o | word; the study of |
| lun/o | moon |
| malign/o | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
| melan/o | black |
| micr/o | one millionth; small |
| myc/o | fungus |
| my/o | muscle |
| ne/o | new |
| necr/o | dead cells, tissue, or body |
| nid/o | nest; focus |
| onych/o | nail (fingernail or toenail) |
| papill/o | elevated structure |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| pigment/o | pigment |
| pil/o | hair |
| phot/o | light |
| phylact/o | guarding; protecting |
| plast/o | growth; formation |
| prurit/o | itching |
| psor/o | itching |
| rhabd/o | rod |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| sarc/o | connective tissue |
| schiz/o | split |
| scler/o | hard; sclera (white of the eye) |
| sebace/o | sebum (oil) |
| seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| sect/o | to cut |
| sen/o | old age |
| sensitiv/o | affected by; sensitive to |
| spir/o | breathe; a coil |
| squam/o | scalelike cell |
| suct/o | to suck |
| sudor/i | sweat |
| surg/o | operative procedure |
| system/o | the body as a whole |
| theli/o | cellular layer |
| topic/o | a specific area |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail (fingernail or toenail) |
| vas/o | blood vessel; vas deferens |
| vesic/o | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
| vesicul/o | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
| vir/o | virus |
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