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Unit #1

TermDefinition
abras/o rub or scrape off
-cyte cell
albin/o white, lack of pigment
erythem/o redness
melan/o dark, black
cyan/o bluish
-ia condition of, pertaining to
lacer/o torn, mangled
xanth/o yellow
diaphor/o sweat
lip/o fat
cerumin/o earwax
-oma tumor
-itis inflammation
nev/o mole
prurit/o itch
derm/o skin
xer/o dry
gangrene/o dead (eating away of tissue)
ecchym/o bruise
alopec/o baldness
sub- below, under
myc/o fungus
crypt/o hidden
-us thing
cutane/o skin
onych/o fingernail or toenail
seb/o wax
epi- upon, on
petechi/o small hemorrhages of skin
furuncul/o boil, infection, blister
hemangi/o blood vessel
-osis condition, disease
-esis condition of
cyanosis bluish discoloration of the skin
erythema redness of skin
lipocyte a fat cell
alopecia baldness
cerumen ear wax
albino deficiency of pigment
diaphoresis profuse sweating
comedo acne
abrasion scraping or rubbing away of skin
laceration tear in the skin
nevus mole
gangrene death of tissue
hemangioma a benign tumor that consists of blood vessels
petechia small hemorrhages of the skin
polyp small stalk-like growth
onychomycosis fungal infection of nails
onychocryptosis ingrown nail
cyst closed sac that contains fluid
abcess a collection of pus in any body part
xanthoderma yellowness of the skin
sebum the oily substance
sebaceous gland secretes an oily substance
subcutaneous tissue fatty layer of skin
ecchymosis bruis
pruritis itching
xeroderma sever dry skin
melanin dark pigment
epidermis outermost layer of skin
dermis second layer of skin
cellulitis acute infection of the skin (localized, heat, deepredness, pain or swelling
furuncle boil
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