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Chap 4 Terms
integumentary system
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
albin/o | white |
aut/o | self |
blephar/o | eyelid |
carcin/o | cancer |
caus/o | burn; burning; heat |
cauter/o | heat; burn |
cis/o | to cut |
cry/o | cold |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
ecchym/o | blood in the tissues |
erythem/o, erythemat/o | redness |
erythr/o | red |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o | tissue |
ichthy/o | dry; scaly |
immun/o | immune; protection |
integument/o | covering |
jaund/o | yellow |
kerat/o | hard, horn-shaped tissue |
lip/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
nerc/o | deathh |
onych/o | nail |
papill/o | nipple-like |
pil/o | hair, hair follicle |
prurit/o | itching |
psor/o | itching |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
scler/o | hardening |
seb/o | sebum |
squam/o | scale |
steat/o | fat;sebum |
trich/o | hair |
ungu/o | nail |
xer/o | dry |
a-,an- | not;without |
auto- | self |
e-,ex- | out, away from |
epi- | on; over; upon |
hyper- | above |
hypo- | below |
in- | in;into;not |
intra- | within;into |
para- | near;beside;alongside |
per- | through |
sub- | below; under |
-al, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
-cyte | cell |
-derma | skin |
-dermis | skin |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-ema | condition |
-esis | action; condition; state of |
-esthesia | feeling, sensation |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ion | process; state; condition |
-ism | process; condition |
-itis | inflamation |
-logy | study of |
-oma | tumor; mass |
-opsy | view of; viewing |
-ose | full of; pertaining to; sugar |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
-therapy | treatment |