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Chapter 10
Romich
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bi/o | life |
| cellul/o | |
| cutane/o, derm/o, and dermat/o | skin |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| kerat/o | hornlike, hard, or cornea |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o or myc/e | fungus |
| py/o | pus |
| pil/i, pil/o, and trich/o | hair |
| prurit/o | itch |
| Seb/o | is the combining form that means sebum or oily substance |
| ungul/o | combining form for hoof |
| -derma | skin |
| -opsy | view of |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| Epi- | means above |
| Papule | small, raised skin lesion less than 0.5 cm in diameter |
| Plaque | solid raised lesion greater than 0.5 cm in diameter. |
| Macule | flat, discolored lesion less than 1 cm in diameter; also called macula (mahck-yoo-lah). |
| Crust | collection of dried sebum and cell debris |
| Cyst | is a closed sac containing fluid or semisolid material. |
| Pustule | small, circumscribed, pus-filled skin elevation. Circumscribed (sehr-kuhm-skrībd) means contained in a limited area. |
| Vesicle | contained skin elevation filled with fluid that is greater than 0.5 cm in diameter |
| Bulla | multiple contained skin elevations filled with fluid that are greater than 0.5 cm in diameter. The singular form is bulla (buhl-ah). |
| Ulcer | erosion of skin or mucous membrane. Decubital ulcers (dē-kyoo-bih-tahl uhl-sihrz) are erosions of skin or mucous membranes as a result of prolonged pressure; also called bedsores. |
| Fissue | cracklike sore |