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Medical Term Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chem/o | chemical; drug |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cry/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| eschar/o | scab |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, cornea |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus (plural fungi) |
| necr/o | death, necrosis |
| nid/o | nest |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| pil/o | hair |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hardening, scleara |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| steat/o | fat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| thel/o | nipple |
| tox/o | posion |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| xer/o | dry |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -esis | condition |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -is | noun ending |
| -ism | conditon |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | digestion |
| -phoresis | carrying and transmission |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation; production |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -therapy | treatment |
| an-, an- | without, not |
| dia- | through, across |
| epi- | above, upon |
| herero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | under below, deficient |
| pachy- | think |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | under, below |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| Bx, bx | biopsy |
| C&S | culture and sensitivity |
| CA | cancer |
| chemo | chemotherapy |
| CIS | carcinoma in situ |
| cm | centimeter |
| dc d/c | discontinued, discharge |
| Decub. | decubitus (lying down) |
| Derm. | dermatology |
| FS | frozen section |
| H2O | water |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| ID | Intradermal |
| IMP | impression |
| IV | intravenous |
| T&A | tonsillectomy and adenoldectomy |
| TNM | tumor node metastasis |
| ung | ointment |
| XP | xeroderma pigmentosum |
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