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Integumentary Term
SKIN
| Medical | English |
|---|---|
| epi- | above, upon |
| hyper- | excessive |
| sub- | below, under |
| intra- | in, within |
| hypo- | deficiency of |
| an- | without |
| inter- | between |
| peri- | around |
| homo- | same |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -ologist | specialist of |
| -ology | study of |
| -therapy | treatment |
| aden/o | gland |
| dermat/o | skin |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard |
| mast/o | breast |
| onych/o | nail |
| squam/o | scale |
| ungu/o | nail |
| adip/o | fat |
| derm/o | skin |
| lact/o | milk |
| melan/o | black |
| pil/o | hair |
| steat/o | fat |
| thel/o | nipple |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| lip/o | fat |
| myc/o | fungus |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
| trich/o | hair |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cutane/o | skin |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| mamm/o | breast |
| nid/o | nest |
| scler/o | hardening |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| xer/o | dry |
| "Y" | PROCESS OF... |
| "E" | INSTRUMENT TO... |
| -tomy | process of cutting/incision |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -scopy | process of viewing/examination |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -pathy | disease |
| -osis/-iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ism | condition/state of |
| meta- | change |
| morph/o | shape |
| cele- | hernia, swelling |
| -oma | tumour |
| -ectomy | surgical removal/excision |
| -otomy/-tomy | incision into |
| -plasia | pertaining to formation |
| -plasm | growth |
| -oid | resembling |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -desis | fixation (bones/joints) |
| -pexy | fixation (organ) |
| -penia | deficiency of |
| dermabrasion | pertaining to skin SCRAPING |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| poikil/o | irregular |
| gynecomastia | pertaining to female breast |
| -dynia | painful |
| aut/o | self |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -lytics/-lysis | destruction |
| cheil/o | lips |
| ne/o | new |
| -plasm | growth |
| erythr/o | red |
| micro- | small |
| macro- | large |
| -genesis | formation |
| hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
| IV | intravenous |
| CM | centimeter |
| IMP | impression |
| stat | immediately |
| decub | decubitus (bedsore)(ulcer) |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| I+D | incision + drainage |
| FS | frozen section |
| ID | intradermal |
| UV | ultraviolet |
| Bx | biopsy |
| TMN | tumour node metastasis |
| derm | dermatology |
| ER | emergency room |
| subcu | subcutaneous |
| XP | xeroderma pigmentosa |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| ung | ointment |
| CA | cancer |
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