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Week 2 - Skin
Integumentary System Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| albino- | white |
| bio | life |
| cryo- | cold |
| cutaneo- | skin |
| derma- | skin |
| diaphor- | sweating |
| electro- | electricity |
| erythro- | red |
| hydro- | water |
| ichthyo | dry, scaly |
| kerato- | hard |
| leuko- | white (as in blood cell) |
| lipo- | fat |
| -opsy | to view |
| melan- | black |
| myco- | fungal |
| necro- | death |
| onych- | nail |
| photo- | light |
| sclero- | hard |
| seb- | oil |
| dermato- | skin |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| dermato- | skin |
| erythema- | red |
| hem/o- | blood |
| kel/o | tumor, raised scar |
| lacer/o | laceration |
| malign/o- | cancer |
| pedicul/o- | lice |
| prurit/o- | itching |
| psor/o- | itching |
| xer/o- | dry |
| adipo- | fat |
| follicul/o- | follicle |
| pil/o- | hair |
| trich/o- | hair |
| seb/o- | oil |
| hirsut/o- | hairy (hirsutism) |
| hidr/o- | sweat |
| seborrhea | oil discharge |
| exud- | oozing fluid |
| esthet/o- | feeling, sensatation |
| epi | outermost layer |
| dermis | middle skin layer |
| hypodermis | under the dermis layer (deepest layer of skin) |
| necro | death |