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Medical Term: Unit 4
Integumentary System: Word Parts
Question | Answer |
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adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
alb/o, leuk/o | white |
crypt/o | hidden |
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
erythr/o | red |
hidr/o, sudor/o | sweat (personal water, so “I”) |
hirsut/o, pil/i, pil/o, trich/o | hair |
hydr/o | water |
ichthy/o | scaly (Greek word for “fish”) |
kerat/o | horn-like, hard |
lamin/o, strat/o | layer |
liga- | bind |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | dead |
onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
pachy/o | thick |
prur/i | itch |
py/o | pus |
ras | scrape (razor) |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
scler/o | hardening |
seb/o, sebace/o | oil |
squam/o | flat, plate-like |
urtic/o | rash, hives |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |