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Med Term Ch 4
Chapter 4 Integumentary System
Question | Answer |
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Dermatoautoplasty | autografting of skin taken from another part of patient's own body. |
Dermatophobia | morbid fear of aquiring a skin disease. |
Kerat (o) | denoting horny tissue or cornea of the eye. |
Keratoid | resembling horny skin. |
Dermomycosis | fungus of the skin. |
trichopathy | disease of the hair. |
onychoptosis | Falling off the nail. |
Trichoglossia | hairy condition of the tongue. |
histocyte | A tissue cell. |
Sarcolysis | Breakdown of the flesh. |
Sarcoma | tumor of the flesh. |
Historrhexis | rupture of the tissue. |
sarcoblast | immature cell of the flesh. |
sarcopoietic | formation of flesh. |
lipopenia | deficiency of lipids in the blood |
Steat (o) | denoting relationship to fat. |
steatorrhea | excessive amount of fat in the feces. |
adiposuria | condition of fat in the urine. |
hidradenitis | inflimation of the sweat glands. |
keratolytics | angents that soften the horny layer of the epidermis. |
antifungals | agents that destroy fungus or suppress its growth. |
parasiticides | agents that destroy parasites. |