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Word breakdown
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adipocele | adipo (fat) + cele (hernia); hernia filled with fatty tissue |
| dermatofibroma | dermato (skin) + fibr (fibrous) + oma (tumor); fibrous skin tumor |
| erythrocyanosis | erythro (red) + cyan (blue) + osis (condition); a red and/or blue discoloration of the skin |
| keratogenic | kerato (horny) +gen (creation) + ic (pertaining to); causing horny tissue development |
| keratosis | kerat (horny) + osis (condition); horny tissue condition |
| necrosis | necr (death) + osis (condition); tissue death |
| onychia | onych (nail) + ia (condition); nail condition |
| onychocryptosis | onycho (nail) + crypt (hidden) + osis (condition); ingrown nail |
| onycholysis | onycho (nail) + lysis (loose); loss of a nail |
| onychomalacia | onycho (nail) + malacia (softening); abnormal softening of a nail |
| onychopathy | onycho (nail) + pathy (disease); nail disease |
| onychophagia | onycho (nail) + phagia (eat); biting the nail |
| pachyderma | pachy (thick) + derma (skin); though skin |
| paronychia | par (around) + onych (nail) + ia (condition); a condition of the tissue around the nail |
| steatoma | steat (fat) + oma (tumor); a fatty tumor |
| xanthoma | xanth (yellow) + oma (tumor); a yellow tumor |
| dermatosis | dermat (skin) + osis (condition); skin condition |
| dermopathy | dermo (skin) + pathy (disease); skin disease |