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Medical Terminology
Chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cry/o | cold |
| leuk/o | white |
| papill/o | nipple-like |
| scler/o | hardening |
| xer/o | dry |
| -ism | process |
| -ium; -um | structure |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| albin/o | white |
| adip/o | fat |
| bi/o | life |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| derm/o; dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/e | profuse sweating |
| epitheli/o | covering |
| erythemat/o | red |
| erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o; keratin/o | hard; hornlike |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o; ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| py/o | pus |
| ras/o | scrape |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| steat/o | fat |
| -dermis; -derma | skin |
| -oma | tumor |
| -therapy | treatment |
| derma- | skin |
| bx | biopsy |
| SC; subq; subcut | subcutaneous |
| UV | ultraviolet |