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The Integumentary Sy
Term | Definition |
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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 |