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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 |