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Med Term Ch 16
Chapter 16 Med Term (Skin)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adip/o | fat |
| Albin/o | white |
| Caus/o | burn/burning |
| Cauter/o | heat/burn |
| Cutane/o | skin |
| Derm/o | skin |
| Dermat/o | skin |
| Diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| Erythem/o | redness |
| Erythemat/o | redness |
| Hidr/o | sweat |
| Ichthy/o | dry/scaly (fish-like) |
| Kerat/o | hard |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Lip/o | fat |
| Melan/o | black |
| Myc/o | fungus/fungi includes yeasts, molds, and mushrooms |
| Onych/o | nail |
| Phyt/o | plant |
| Pil/o | hair/hair follicle |
| Py/o | pus |
| Rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| Seb/o | sebum/oily secretion from sebaceous glands |
| Squam/o | scale-like |
| Steat/o | fat |
| Trich/o | hair |
| Ungu/o | nail |
| Xanth/o | yellow |
| Xer/o | dry |