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CF Skin
Combining forms for the Skin
Term | Definition |
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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 |