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Terminology indigo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Adip/o | Fat |
| Lip/o | Fat |
| Lipid/o | Fat |
| Steat/o | Fat |
| Albin/o | White |
| Carcin/o | Cancer |
| Chlor/o | Green |
| Chrom/o | Colour |
| Crypt/o | Hidden |
| Cry/o | Cold |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| Dermat/o | Skin |
| Eschar/o | Scab |
| Hidr/o | Sweat |
| Sudor/o | Sweat |
| Ichthy/o | Dry,scaly |
| Kerat/o | Horny tissue |
| Mamm/o | Breast |
| Mast/o | Breast |
| Melan/o | Black |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Necr/o | Death, necrosis |
| Nid/o | Nest |
| Onc/o | Tumour |
| Onych/o | Nail |
| Ungu/o | Nail |
| Pedicul/o | Lice |
| Piil/o | Hair |
| Trich/o | Hair |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Rhytid/o | Wrinkle |
| Scler/o | Hardening |
| Seb/o | Sebum |
| Squam/o | Scale |
| Thel/o | Nipple |
| Tox/o | Poison |
| Xen/o | Foreign |
| Xer/o | Dry |
| a, an- | without, not |
| dia- | through, across |
| epi- | above. upon |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | below, incomplete |
| pachy- | thick |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | under, below |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -is | noun ending |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study o |
| -oma | turmour |
| -malacia | softening |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -esis | condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -phoresis | formation, production |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -therapy | treatment |