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Med Express 3
Medical Terminology Express Chapter 3 Integumentary System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| epi- | upon |
| dermis- | skin |
| sub- | under |
| cyt- | cell |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| cyan/o | blue |
| melan/o | black |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera (white of eye) |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| -derma | skin |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -phoresis | carrying; transmission |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| softening of the nails | onych/o/malacia |
| malacia | softening |
| treatment with cold | cry/o/therapy |
| cry/o | cold |
| discharge or flow of sebum | seb/o/rrhea |
| pertaining to under the skin | sub/cutane/ous |
| abnormal condition of blue (skin) | cyan/osis |
| condition of sweat | sudor/esis |
| tumor of the nail or nail bed | onych/oma |
| white cell | leuk/o/cyte |
| black cell | melan/o/cyte |
| skin that is dry | xer/o/derma |
| xer/o | dry |
| transplantation of same (species) | homo/graft or allo/graft |
| transplantation | -graft |
| tumor composed of cancer | carcin/oma |
| skin (condition associated) with pus | py/o/derma |
| py/o | pus |
| discharge or flow of sebum | seb/o/rrhea |
| treatment with cold | cry/o/therapy |
| inflammation of the skin | dermat/itis |
| instrument to cut skin | dermat/ome |
| tumor (consisting of) fat | adip/oma lip/oma steat/oma |
| excision or removal of a nail | onych/ectomy |
| skin that is blue | cyan/o/derma |
| surgical repair of the skin | dermat/o/plasty |