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Indigo Module
Terminology Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland or glands |
| adip/o | fat/tissue |
| albin/o | white/ lacking pigmentation |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chlor/o | green/chlorine |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chem/o | chemical/drug |
| cryt/o | hidden/concealed |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin (Latin) |
| derm/o | skin (Greek) |
| dermat/o | skin |
| eschar/o | scab |
| hidr/o | sweat/perspire |
| ichthy/o | dry/scaly |
| kerat/o | hard/horny tissue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death/ necrosis |
| nid/o | nest |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onyh/o | nail |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| pil/o | hair |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hardening |
| seb/o | sebum/sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| steat/o | fat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| thel/o | nipple |
| tox/o | poison |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xen/o | foreign/ strange |
| xer/o | dry |