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Integumentary System
Med Term Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| squam/o | scale |
| onych/o, ung/o | nail |
| seb/o, sebaceo | oil |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| xer/o | dry |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| eryth/o | red |
| leuk/o, alb/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| abrasion ab/rasion | scraping away of skin away/scrape |
| albinism albin/ism | lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white white/condition |
| albino | a person afflicted with albinism |
| anhidrosis an/hidr/osis | condition of lack of sweat no/sweat/condition |
| comedo | a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (blackhead, whitehead) |
| cyanidrosis cyan/idr/osis | blue sweat blue/sweat/condition |
| depigmentation de/pigment/ation | loss of pigment away/pigment/condition |
| dermatalgia dermat/algia | skin pain skin/pain |
| dermatodynia dermat/o/dynia | skin pain skin/ / pain |
| dermatolysis dermat/o/lysis | loose skin skin/ /loose |
| erythema | redness (origin: Greek, redness) |
| erythroderma erythr/o/derma | red skin red/ /skin |
| hemathidrosis hemat/hidr/osis | sweating blood blood/sweat/condition |
| hidropoiesis hidr/o/poesis | the formation of sweat sweat/ /formation |
| hyperhidrosis hyper/hidr/osis | excessive sweating over/sweat/condition |
| hyperkerotosis hyper/kerot/osis | excessive growth of horny skin over/horny/condition |
| hypermelanosis hyper/melan/osis | excessive melanin in the skin over/black/condition |
| hyperpigmentation hyper/pigment/ation | excessive pigment in the skin over/pigment/condition |
| hypohidrosis hypo/hidr/osis | diminished sweating under/sweat/condition |
| hypomelanosis hypo/melan/osis | diminished melanin in the skin under/black/skin |
| hypopigmentation hypo/pigment/ation | diminished pigment in the skin under/pigment/condition |
| leukoderma leuk/o/derma | white skin white/ /skin |
| macerate | to soften the skin (origin: Latin, to make soft) |
| onychophagia onych/o/phagia | eating or biting the nails nail/ / eat |
| pruritis | an itch (Origin: Latin, itching) |
| rhytidermia rhyti/dermia | wrinkled skin wrinkle/skin |
| sebopoiesis seb/o/poiesis | formation of oil (sebum) oil/formation |
| seborrhea seb/o/rrhea | discharge of oil (sebum) oil/discharge |
| trichomegaly trich/o/megaly | abnormally thick hair hair/enlargement |
| urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of skin (Orgin: Latin, burning nettle) |
| xanthoderma xanth/o/derma | yellow skin yellow/ /skin |
| xerosis xer/osis | condition of dryness dry/condition |
| dermatosis dermat/osis | any skin disease skin/condition |
| papule | firm raised area (pimple) |
| macule | a spot on the skin, not raised or depressed (freckles) |
| nodule | a large firm papule |
| vesicle | a blister or fluid filled sac (shingles) |
| pustule | vesicle filled with pus |
| nevus | mole or birthmark |
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