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Chapter 10
Romich
Term | Definition |
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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 |