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Ch.4 Integumentary
Combining Forms
Term | Definition |
---|---|
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
albin/o | white |
aut/o | self |
bi/o | life |
blephar/o | eyelid |
carcin/o | cancer |
caus/o | burn; burning; heat |
cauter/o | heat; burn |
cis/o | to cut |
cry/o | cold |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o | skin |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
ecchym/o | blood in the tissues |
erythem/o, erythemat/o | redness |
erythr/o | red |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o | tissue |
ichthy/o | dry; scaly |
immun/o | immune; protection |
integument/o | covering |
jaund/o | yellow |
kerat/o | hard, horn-shaped tissue |
lip/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
onych/o | nail |
papill/o | nipple-like |
pil/o | hair; hair follicle |
prurit/o | itching |
psor/o | itching |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
scler/o | hardening |
seb/o | sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands) |
squam/o | scale |
steat/o | fat; sebum |
trich/o | hair |
ungu/o | nail |
xer/o | dry |