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Integumentary System
medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | keratin, hard, horn-like |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | melanin, black |
| onych/o | nail |
| py/o | pus |
| seb/o | sebum, oil |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chem/o | chemical |
| cry/o | cold |
| erythr/o | red |
| ichthy/o | scaly |
| leuk/o | white |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| scler/o | hard |
| vesic/o | bladder, sac |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -cle | small |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin condition |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -genic | producing |
| -ia | state, condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | abnormal |
| -megaly | enlargement, large |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -opsy | view of |
| -ose | pertaining to |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardened condition |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| an- | without |
| epi- | above, upon |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | below |
| intra- | inside, within |
| pachy- | thick |
| per- | through |
| sub- | beneath, under |
| trans- | across |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| BX | biopsy |
| C | culture and sensitivity |
| decub | decubitus ulcer |
| Derm | dermatology |
| HSV | herpes simplex virus |
| I | incision and drainage |
| ID | intradernal |
| MM | malignant melanoma |
| SG | skin graft |
| SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
| STSG | split-thickness skin graft |
| Subcu | subcutaneous |
| ung | ointment |