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Med Term Ch 4
Chapter 4 Integumentary System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |