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Medical Terminology
Ch. 5 The Integumentary System/ Combining forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, cornea |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus (plural of fungus is fungi) |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
| seb/o | sebum; sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |