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Integumentary System
Word Parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsut/o | hairy, rough |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | fingernail or toenail |
| pil/i pil/o | hair |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| urtic/o | rash, hives |
| xer/o | dry |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrheic | pertaining to flow or didscharge |
| an- | without |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| dia- | through or complete |
| phor | movement |
| -esis | abnormal condition |
| follicul | hair follicile |
| trich/o | hair |
| myc | fungus |
| axill | armpit |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| alopec | baldness |
| koil | hollow or concave |
| -lysis | separation |
| par | near |
| albin | white |
| contus | bruise |
| -ion | condition |
| ecchym | pouring out of juice |
| purpur | purple |
| -a | noun ending |
| hemat | blood |
| -oma | tumor |
| angi | blood or lymph vessel |
| prurit | itching |
| erythem | flushed |
| erythr/o | red |
| ichthy | dry or scaly |
| lip | fat |
| -edema | swelling |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -phyma | growth |
| scler/o | hard |
| urtic | rash |
| -aria | connected with |
| xer/o | dry |
| py/o | pus |
| pedicul | lice |
| kel | growth or tumor |
| -oid | resembling |
| kerat | hard |
| kerat/o | cornea of the eye |
| papill | resembling a nipple |
| bi | pertaining to life |
| -opsy | view of |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| AT | alopecia totalis |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| CD | contact dermatitis |
| I&D | incision and drainage, irrigation and debridement |
| MM | malignant melanoma |
| NF | necrotizing fascitis |
| PDT | photodynamic theraphy |
| Ps | psoriasis |
| SCD | scleroderma |
| SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
| SLE | system lupus erythematous |