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Chapter 3 Part A
Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bi/o | life |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| dermat/o and derm/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | excessive sweating |
| erythemat/o and erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | scaly and dry |
| kerat/o | hard, horny, or cornea |
| lip/o | fat |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| muc/o | mucus (sticky fluid, secreted by the mucous membrane, that traps dust and bacteria) |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| prurit/o | itching |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | oil (sebum): the tick, oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands |
| ser/o | serum or serum-like fluid (serum is the clear fluid portion of blood without blood cells or clotting factors. Serous membranes secrete a watery fluid that is like serum) |
| Synovi/o | synoial membrane (synovium): the membrane lining in moveable joints |
| trich/o | hair |
| xer/o | dry |
| anti- | against |
| par- | beside |
| -derma | skin |
| -esis | pathological state |
| -ia | state, condition |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | abnormal condition, abnormal formation |
| -phagia or -phag | eating |
| -plakia | a plate |
| -plasty | surgical repair; reshaping by surgery |
| electr/o | electricity |
| pil/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xer/o | dry |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| allo- | other, different from usual |
| xeno- | strange foreign |
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