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Integumentary System
Aden/o | Gland |
Adip/o | Fat |
Albin/o | White |
Aut/o | Self |
Bi/o | Life |
Blephar/o | Eyelide |
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/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 |
Icthy/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 |
Necr/o | death |
Onych/o | nail |
Papill/o | nipple-like |
Pil/o | hair; hair follicle |
Prurit/o | itching |
Psor/o | itching |
Py/o | pus |
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 normal |
hypo- | below normal |
intra- | within; into |
para- | near; beside; abnormal |
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 | sensation; feeling |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ion | process; state; condition |
-ism | process; condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-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 |