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Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ichthy/o | scaly |
| Xer/o | Dry |
| Rhytid/o | Wrinkle |
| onych/o and ungu/o | nail |
| Pachy/o | thick |
| Adip/o, lip/o, and steat/o | Fat |
| Pil/o and trich/o | Hair |
| Seb/o | Oil |
| Leuko | White |
| dermal | skin |
| xantho | yellow |
| derma | skin |
| xero | dry |
| erythro | red |
| hidr | sweat |
| osis | condition |
| hyper | over |
| phag | eat |
| ia | condition |
| lysis | loose |
| seborrhea | Oil discharge |
| trichomegaly | Enlarged hair |
| Urticaria | swollen, raised itchy areas of the skin |
| Dermoscopy | procedure for looking at the skin |
| Onychomalacia | abnormal softening of the nail |
| Epidermal tumors | tumors on the skin |
| Onychopathy | nail disease |
| Hypertrichosis | excessive growth of hair |
| Mycosis | fungal condition |
| Dermatitis | skin inflammation. |
| steatitis | Inflammation of the fat |
| Dermatosis | Condition of the skin |
| Onychotomy | incision into the nail |
| chemotherapy | Treatment using chemicals |
| Electrocauterization | Using electricity to destroy a tissue by burning it |
| Tars/o | ankle |
| Lumb/o | Loin, lower back |
| Femor/o | femur |
| burs/o | small fluid-filled sac found near the body’s joints |
| ankyl/o | stiff, bent |
| tax/o | refers to arrangement, order, coordination |
| carp/o | wrist |
| spondylo | vertebra |
| cranio | head, skull |
| ost | bone |
| brady | slow |
| kinesia | movement |
| Costalgia | rib pain |
| myopspasm | involuntary contraction of the muscle |
| Carpitis | wrist inflammation |
| Osteolysis | bone loss |
| Myomalacia | muscle softening |
| Spondylitis | vertebra inflammation |
| Myotonia | muscle tone |
| Osteodystrophy | poor bone development |
| trophy | nourishment |
| dys | bad |
| poly | many |
| myopathy | muscle disease |
| Dactylitis | finger inflammation |
| cele | hernia |
| arthro | joint |
| arthrocele | joint hernia |
| chondro | cartilage |
| plasty | reconstruction of |
| Asthenia | Weakness |
| Paresis | Slight or partial paralysis |
| Esthesi/o | Feeling, sensation |
| Gnosi/o | know |
| gangli/o | the nerve bundle |
| Myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| Psych/o | mind |
| hypno | sleep |
| phas | speech |
| ia | condition |
| dys | bad |
| encephal | brain |
| algia | pain |
| hypno | sleep |
| myo | muscle |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| dynia | pain |
| Neuralgia | nerve pain |
| opia | vision condition, not the actual eye |
| Lacrim/o | Tear |
| Phac/o | Lens |
| Myring/o | Eardrum |
| mastoid/o | the part of the skull behind the ear |
| labyrinth/o | both the cochlea, which controls hearing, and the vestibular system, which controls balance. |
| tympan | ear drum |
| oto | ear |
| rhino | nose |
| laryngo | throat |
| logist | specialist |
| dacryo | tear |
| cysto | sac |
| irido | iris |
| cycl | ciliary body |
| ectomy | removal |
| presby | old age |
| opia | vision condition |
| acusis | hearing condition |
| hyper | over |
| oto | ear |
| rrhea | excessive discharge |
| asthen | weak |
| kerat | cornea |
| xer | dry |
| opthalm | eye |
| ia | condition |
| tinnitus | ringing in the ears |
| vertigo | sensation of moving through space while stationary |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| ptosis | drooping |
| bleoharo | eyelid |
| phaco | lens |
| osis | condition |
| scler | hardening |
| Phacosclerosis | abnormal hardening of the lens |
| cerumin | ear wax |
| Ceruminosis | ear wax condition |
| malacia | softening |
| phaco | lens |
| scope | instrument for looking |
| kinet | movement |
| audio | hearing |
| gram | record |
| Lacrimation | formation of tears, or crying |
| macro | big |
| dacryo | tear |
| cyst | sac |
| pathy | disease |
| conjunctiv | conjunctiva |
| adren/o, adrenal/o | Adrenal gland |
| crin/o | Secrete |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| Tropin | stimulating hormone |
| Gluc/o, glucos/o, and glyc/o | sugar |
| Gonad/o | gonads |
| pancreat/o | The pancreas |
| megaly | enlargement |
| poly | many |
| adeno | gland |
| pathy | disease |
| carcin | cancer |
| para | beside |
| tomy | cut |
| cytes | cells |
| erythrocytes | red blood cells |
| leukocytes | white blood cells |
| thrombocytes | clotting cells |
| coagul/o | ability to form clots |
| Myel/o | bone marrow |
| Thym/o | thymus |
| Ven/o | vein |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| Hemat/o | blood |
| Penia | deficiency |
| ptysis | coughing |
| thrombo | clot |
| cyt | cell |
| oligo | few |
| hemia | blood condition |
| myelo | bone marrow |
| plas | formation |
| ia | condition |
| arteri | artery |
| ectasia | dilation |
| edema | swelling |
| erythro | red |
| poiesis | formation |
| hemato | blood |
| leuko | white |
| hepat | liver |
| splen | spleen |
| bili | bile |
| emia | blood condition |
| hemorrhage | Excessive blood loss |
| macro | large |
| lysis | breakdown |
| hyper | over |
| lipid | fat |
| oma | tumor |
| Myeloma | a cancerous tumor of the bone marrow |
| Thymectomy | surgical removal of the thymus." |
| Ecchymosis | refers to a large bruise |
| embolism | A blockage in a blood vessel caused by a mass of matter in the blood |
| Phagocytosis | A process in which a certain type of white blood cells destroys (or "eats") foreign microorganisms or cell debris is called |
| Polycythemia | an excess of red blood cells |
| thrombosis | The formation of a blood clot |
| ischemia | Blockage of blood flow to an organ |
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