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vta Integumentary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carcin/o | Cancer |
| cutan/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| hist/o | tissue |
| lip/o | fat |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| py/o | pus |
| iasis | abnormal condition; formation of |
| itis | inflamation |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | a mass or tumor |
| osis | condition or process |
| opsy | to view |
| sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| stasis | standing still, control, stop |
| epi | upon, over, in addition to |
| ex | out, out from |
| exo | outside |
| mal | ill, bad, poor |
| meta | after, beyond, change |
| adipose | pertaining to fat, fatty |
| carcinoma | a maligmant tumor occuring in the epithelial tissue |
| contusion | an injury where the skin is not broken |
| cyanosis | a bluish discoloration of the skin |
| decubitus | an ulcer resulting from pressure; bedsore |
| distichiasis | condition where the eyelashes grow in towards the eye |
| laceration | a wound or irregular tear of the flesh |
| lipoma | a fatty tumor |
| metastasis | spreading of cancer cells from one part of the body to the other |
| mycosis | any disease caused by fungus |
| pruritis | severe itching |
| purulent | forming or containig pus |
| pyoderma | an acute, purulent dermatitis |
| systemic | pertaining to the whole body |
| caudal | towards the rear |
| cranial | towards the front; the head |
| rostral | towards the nose |
| proximal | structures or parts of the structure that lie close to the main mass of the body |
| dorsal | towards or near the back |
| ventral | towards the or near the abdomen/belly |
| lateral | side |
| medial | lying towards or near the middle |
| distal | away from the main mass of the body |
| palmar | the rear surface of the front paw |
| plantar | the rear surface of the hind paw |