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Prefixes/Suffixes IS
Integumentary System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| ichthyl/o | dry, scaly |
| kerat/o | hard, cornea |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardening |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| xer/o | dry |
| an- | not, without |
| dia- | across, through |
| epi- | above, upon |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | above normal, excess |
| sub- | below, under |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -logist | specializes in the study of |
| -logy | the study of |
| -therapy | treatment |