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Kalena
combining forms, meanings and diseases
| Combining form | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caus/o | burn |
| cauter/o | heat, burn |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| erythem/o | redness |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hydr/o | water |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| kerat/o | hard horney tissue |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pil/o | hair |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| sebace/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| steat/o | fat |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| blackhead | comedones |
| moles | nevi |
| baldness | alopecia |
| itching | pruritus |
| hives | urticaria |
| bedsore | decubitus ulcer |
| warts | verrucae |
| athlete's foot | tinea pedis |
| black and blue mark | ecchymosis (bruse) |
| dandruff | seborrheic dermatitis |
| blisters | visicles |
| rash | exanthem |
| petechia | sm pinpoint hemorrhages |
| purpura | merging ecchymosis (bruse) |
| nid/o | nest |
| ulcer | open sore on skin |
| pemphix | bubble |
| vulgaris | ordinary |