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Med-Term
Ch.3 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cutane/o,dermat/o,derm/o | skin |
| adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
| hidr/o, sudor/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| cyan/o | blue |
| melan/o | black |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard; cornea |
| myc/0 | fungus (plural, fungi) |
| onych/o | nail |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
| seb/o | sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| -derma | skin |
| -oid | resembling |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| onych/o/malacia | softening of the nails |
| cry/o/therapy | treatment with cold |
| seb/o/rrhea | discharge or flow of sebum |
| sub/cutane/ous | pertaining to under the skin |
| cyan/osis | abnormal condition of the blue (skin) |
| sudor/esis | condition of sweat |
| onych/o/malacia | softening of a nail |
| leuk/o/cyte | white cell |
| melan/o/cyte | black cell |
| homo/graft or allo/graft | transplantation of same |
| carcin/oma | tumor (composed of) cancer |
| py/o/derma | skin (condition associated) with pus |
| seb/o/rrhea | discharge or flow of sebum |