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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | Absensce |
| bi- | Two |
| dia- | Complete |
| dys- | Painful |
| epi- | Above |
| hyper- | Excessive |
| hypo- | Incomplete |
| intra - | Inside |
| meta- | Subsequent to & After |
| neo- | New |
| para- | Near & Resembling |
| per- | Enter Through |
| pro- | Before |
| sub- | Underneath & Beneath |
| trans - | Across & Beyond of |
| uni- | As one |
| -ad | Toward |
| -coccus | Round & Spherical |
| -cyt | Cell |
| -ectomy | Removal of something (Surgical) |
| -gen | Agent that produces |
| -genic | Producing |
| -ia | Abnormal condition |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -ior | Pertaning To |
| -logy | Study of |
| -logist | Study of |
| -malacia | Abnormal |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Like or Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor or Swelling |
| -oxy | Sharp or acute |
| -opsy | Process of viewing |
| -orrhea | Excessive |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -phagia | Swallow |
| -plasia | Condition of formation |
| -plasm | Growth |
| -plasty | repair of surgery |
| -rrhea | Discharge |
| -sis | State of |
| -stasis | Controlling or stop |
| -tome | Instrument for cutting |
| -a | No meaning |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| aden/o | Gland |
| adip/o | Fatty tissue |
| albin/o | White |
| aut/o | Self |
| bi/o | Life |
| coni/o | dust |
| crypt/o | cold |
| cry/o | Cold or freezing |
| cutane/o | Skin |
| cyan/o | bluish |
| derm/o | Skin |
| dermat/o | Skin |
| erythr/o | reddish or red |
| erythemat/o | Redness |
| fibr/o | Fibrous tissue |
| heter/o | Other |
| hidr/o | Sweat or sweating |
| kerat/o | Hard or keratin |
| lei/o | Smooth |
| leuk/o | White |
| lip/o | Fat |
| melan/o | Black |
| myc/o | Fungus |
| Necr/o | Death |
| onych/o | Abnormal condition of the nail |
| pachy/o | Thick |
| pil/o | Hair |
| py/o | Pus |
| rhytid/o | Wrinkles |
| sclera/o | Stiffening |
| seb/o | Fat, sebum |
| staphyl/o | Grapelike clusters |
| steat/o | Fat |
| ungu/o | Nail |
| xanth/o | Yellow |
| xer/o | Dryness |