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WORD/PREFIX/SUFFIX
Chapter 4
| WORDS/ROOTS/SUFFIX | Chapter 4 |
|---|---|
| sudoriferous glands | secrete sweat |
| sebaceous glands | secrete sebum (oil into hair follicles) |
| keratin | horny protein layer found in hair, skin, and nails |
| epidermis | outer layer of skin |
| nails | originate in epidermis, white part called lunula |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| trich/o | hair |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| aut/o | self |
| necr/o | death of cells, body |
| bi/o | life |
| coni/o | dust |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| heter/o | other |
| myc/o | fungus |
| pachy/o | thick |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chain |
| xer/o | dry |
| epi- | on, upon, over |
| intra- | within |
| para- | beside, beyond, around |
| per- | through |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacteria |
| -cocci | PLURAL berry shaped bacteria |
| -ia | diseased, abnormal state, condition of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -rrhea | excessive discharge, flow |
| dermatoconiosis | abnormal skin condition caused by dust |
| dermatofibroma | fibrous tumor of skin |
| hidradenitis | inflammation of a sweat gland |
| leiodermia | condition of smooth skin |
| onychocryptosis | ingrown toenail |
| paronychia | diseased state around the nail |
| seborrhea | excessive discharge of sebum (oil) |
| trichomycosis | abnormal condition of a fungus in the hair |
| xeroderma | dry skin |
| abrasion | scraping away of skin by injury or mechanical process |
| abscess | localized collection of pus |
| actinic keratosis | precancerous skin condition (of horny tissue) can turn into squamos cell carcinoma |
| candidiasis | infection of skin, mouth (thrush), or vagina by fungus - esophageal candidiasis seen in AIDS patients |
| carbuncle | cluster of boils caused by bacteria |
| cellulitis | inflammation of skin and subcutaneous tissue, redness, swelling, fever |
| eczema | noninfectious skin disease, redness, blisters, scabs and ITCHING |
| fissure | cracklike sore in the skin |
| furuncle | skin node - bacteria in hair follicle (BOIL) |
| herpes | herpes virus - small blisters in clusters |
| impetigo | open PUSTULES from bacteria |
| Kaposi sarcoma | cancerous purple and brown blotches - spreads from skin to lymph nodes - AIDS people |
| pediculosis | invation into skin and hair by lice |
| psoriasis | chronic skin condition - red lesions covered by Silvery Scales |
| scabies | itch mite |
| scleroderma | chronic hardening (induration) of connective tissue of skin and other body organs |
| induration | hardening |
| shingles | painful blisters on nerve routes (same virus as chickenpox) |
| tinea | fungus infection of skin - RINGWORM |
| uticaria | hives - itching eruptions of wheals of varying size and shape |
| LARGE WHEALS | uticaria |
| SMALL WHEALS | uticaria |
| dermatoautoplasty | surgical repair using one's own skin (autoplasty) |
| autoplasty | dermatoautoplasty |
| autoplasty | surgical repair using one's own skin |
| dermatoheteroplasty | surgical repair using OTHER's skin (allograft) |
| allograft | dermatoheteroplasty |
| rhytidectomy | excision of wrinkles (facelift) |
| facelift | rhytidectomy |
| erythroderma | red skin |
| keratogenic | originating in horny tissue |
| percutaneous | pertaining to through the skin |
| staphylococcus | berry shaped bacteria in grape like clusters |
| steptococcus | berry shaped bacteria in twisted chains |
| ungual | pertaining to the nail |
| xanthoderma | jaundice |
| alopecia | loss of hair |
| cicatrix | scar |
| debridement | removing dead tissue and froreign matter from an open wound |
| diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
| ecchymosis | escape of blood in tissues makes a black and blue mark |
| edema | swelling from fluid |
| induration | abnormal hard spots |
| keloid | overgrowth of scar tissue |
| leukoplakia | white patches on mucous membrane - can be precancerous |
| macule | flat colored spot on skin (freckle) |
| papule | small solid skin elevation (pimple) |
| nodule | small knotlike mass |
| wheal | hive, urticaria |
| urticaria | hive, wheal |
| vesicle | skin elevation containing liquid (shingles, herpes) |
| pustule | elevation of skin containing PUS (impetigo, acne) |
| cyst | sac of fluid or semi-solid material |
| nevus, nevi | birthmark or mole |
| plural for birthmark or mole | nevi |
| singular for birthmark or mole | nevus |
| pallor | paleness |
| petechia | pinpoint skin hemorrhage |
| petechiae | PLURAL for pinpoint skin hemorrhages |
| pruritus | severe itching |
| pupura | hemorrhage into tissue pluple and red |
| ulcer | eroded sore on skin |
| verruca | wart |
| vesicle | elevation contining liquid - BLISTER |
| wheal | urticaria |
Created by:
meisha1954