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The Integumentary Sy
| 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 |
| 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 tissue |
| Erythema/o, erythemat/o | redness |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Hidr/o | sweat |
| Hist/o | tissue |
| Ichthy/o | dry |
| Immun/o | immune; protect |
| Integument/o | covering |
| Jaund/o | yellow |
| Kerat/o | hard |
| Lip/o | fat |
| Melan/o | black |
| Myc/o | fungus |
| Necr/o | death |
| Onych/o | nail |
| Papill/o | nipple like |
| Pil/o | hair |
| Prurit/o | itching |
| Psor/o | itching |
| Py/o | pus |
| Rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| Scler/o | hardening |
| Seb/o | sebum |
| Squam/o | scale |
| Steat/o | fat; sebum |
| Trich/o | hair |
| Ungu/o | nail |
| Xer/o | dry |
| A-, an- | not; without |
| Auto- | self |
| E-, ex- | out; away from |
| Epi- | on, upon, above |
| Hyper- | above |
| Hypo- | below |
| In- | in, into, not |
| Intra- | within |
| Para- | near, beside, alongside |
| Per- | through |
| Sub- | below; under |
| –al, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
| –cyte | cell |
| –derma | skin |
| –dermis | skin |
| –ectomy | surgical removal |
| –ema | condition |
| –esis | action |
| –esthesia | feeling sensation |
| –iasis | abnormal condition |
| –ion | process, state, condition |
| –ism | process, condition |
| –itis | inflammation |
| –logy | study of |
| –oma | tumor |
| –opsy | view |
| –ose | full of; pertaining to, sugar |
| –osis | abnormal condition |
| –plasty | surgical removal |
| –rrhea | flow, excessive, discharge |
| -therapy | treatment |