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The Skin System
Mr. G. "Skin" Medical Terms - chapter 16 Chabner
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| caus/o | burn, burning |
| cauter/o | heat, burn |
| cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o, | skin |
| diaphor/o, | profuse sweating |
| erythem/o, erythemat/o | redness |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry (fish-like) |
| kerat/o | hard, horny tissue |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair, hair follicle |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum (oily) |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| anthrac/o | black (as coal) |
| cholor/o | green |
| cirrh/o | tawny yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| eosin/o | rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| lute/o | yellow |
| poli/o | gray |