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Medical Terminology
chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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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 |