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Medical Terminology
chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cutane/o, dermat/o | skin |
| trich/o | hair |
| bas/o | base |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| squam/o | scaly |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| -y | condition or process |
| -rrheic | pertaining to discharge |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -oma | tumor, mass or swelling |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ec- | out, outside, out of |
| tel/e- | distant, far |
| a- | no, not or without |
| par- | near, beside |
| auto- | self, own |
| Bx | biopsy |
| Hx | history |
| Ung | oinment |
| subcutaneous | under the skin |
| dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
| hypertrichosis | abnormal condition of hair growth |
| basal cell carcinoma | most common type of skin cancer |
| keratinous cyst | hard cyst |
| squamous cell carcinoma | second most common type of skin cancer |
| onychomycosis | nail fungus |
| melonoma | most deadly type of skin cancer |