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Terminology-indigo
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chem/o | chemical; drug |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cry/o | cold |
| 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 (plural, 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 the 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 |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia; swelling |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -ectomy | excision; removal |
| -esis | condition |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -is | noun ending |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumour |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease; deficiency |
| -phoresis | carrying; transmission |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation; production |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge; flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -therapy | treatment |
| a-, an- | without; not |
| dia- | through; across |
| epi- | above; upon |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | excessive; above normal |
| hypo- | under; below; deficient |
| pachy- | thick |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | under; below |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| Bx.bx | biopsy |
| C&S | culture and sensitivity |
| CA | cancer |
| chemo | chemotherapy |
| CIS | carcinoma in situ |
| cm | centimeter |
| dc/, d/c | discharge |
| Decub. | decubitus |
| Derm. | dermatology |
| FS | frozen section |
| H2O | water |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| ID | intradermal |
| IMP | impression |
| IV | intravenous |
| T&A | tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy |
| TNM | tumour-node-metastasis |
| ung | ointment |
| XP, XPD | xeroderma pigmentosum |
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