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Medical Term: Unit 4
Integumentary System: Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |