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Part 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsut/o | hairy, rough |
| kerat/o | horny, hard |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | fingernail or toenail |
| pil/i, pil/o | hair |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| urtic/o | rash, hives |
| xer/o | dry |
| anti- | against |
| carcin/o- | cancerous |
| immun/o- | immune, protection, safe |
| lymph/o- | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
| lymphaden/o- | lymph node or gland |
| lymphangi/o- | lymph vessel |
| neo-, ne/o- | new, strange |
| -oma- | tumor, neoplasm |
| onc/o- | tumor |
| phag/o- | eat, swallow |
| -plasm- | formative material of cells |
| sarc/o- | flesh, connective tissue |
| splen/o- | spleen |
| -tic- | pertaining to |
| tox/o- | poisen |
| caus/o | burning, burn |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| concuss/o | shaken together, violently agitated |
| contus/o | Bruise |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| esthet/o | feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception |
| -graphy | the process of producing a picture or record |
| mening/o | membranes, meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| neur/i, neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| Phobia | abnormal fear |
| psych/o | mind |
| radicul/o | root or nerve root |
| tropic | having an affinity for |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cusis | hearing |
| irid/o | iris, colored part of eye |
| kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| ophthalm/o | eye, vision |
| -opia | -vision condition |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| ot/o | ear, hearing |
| phak/o | lens of eye |
| presby/o | old age |
| retin/o | retina, net |
| scler/o | sclera, white of eye, hard |
| trop/o | turn, change |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |