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medtermch3
Medical Terminology Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cauter/o | to burn |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | hard |
| myc/o | fungus |
| py/o | pus |
| seb/o | oil |
| ungu/o | nail |
| lip/o | fat |
| derm/o | skin |
| erythro/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| scler/o | hard |
| trich/o | hair |
| xer/o | dry |
| integument | outer covering or outermost layer |
| -derma | skin condition |
| xeno- | foreign |
| -ary -ory-ous | pertaining to |
| hypo- | low or below |
| -cyte | cell |
| -itis | inflammation |
| de- | down, away, disappearing |
| hyper- | high |
| allo- | other, different |
| -gen | produces |
| epi- | above |
| sub- | under |
| an- | without |
| -oma | tumor |
| albin/o | white |
| kerat/o | hard |
| melan/o | black |
| prur/i | itching |
| bi/o | life |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| path/o | disease |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -phoresis | carrying |