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Integumentary System
word parts and vocabulary associated with the integumentary system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| bas/o | base |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| dermat/o | skin |
| erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hardening |
| seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| trich/o | hair |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| xer/o | dry |
| -derma | skin |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -opsy | to view |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| an- | without |
| epi- | above, upon |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | under, below, insufficient |
| sub- | under, below |
| cutaneous | pertaining to the skin |
| dermal | pertaining to the skin |
| epidermal | pertaining to upon the skin |
| hypodermal | pertaining to under the skin |
| subcutaneous | pertaining to under the skin |
| ungual | pertaining the the nail |
| intradermal | pertaining to within the skin |
| pruritus | severe itching |
| cellulitis | diffuse (wide-spread) acute infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue |