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word/definition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chrom/ | colour |
| chlor/o | green |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| crypt/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 (pl. fungi) |
| necr/o | death, necrosis |
| nid/o | nest |
| onc/o | tumour |
| onych/o | nail |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| pil/o | hair |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera (white of eye) |
| 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 |