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MED Term
Integumentary System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| My/o | muscle |
| angi/o | vessel |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -itis | inflammation |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| myc/o | fungus |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| cut | separating or dividing tissue |
| epi | on, upon |
| -al | pertaining to |
| seb/o | a fat or oil |
| aut/o | self |
| derm/o | skin |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| necr/o | death of cells |
| -phagia | eating |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| -cyte | cell |
| hyp/o | under, less than normal |
| hem/o | blood |
| -oma | Mass, tumor |
| -logy | study of |
| acr/o | extremity |
| -osis | condition of |
| -ic (-tic) | pertaining to |
| cutane/o | skin |
| -pathy | relating to disease |
| leuk/o | white |
| alb | white |
| sub | under, below |
| kerat/o | horn, hard tissue cornea |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| intra | within, inside |
| -ectomy | removal of, cut out, excision of |
| -malacia | soft |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| -derma | skin |
| -algia | pain |
| xer/o | dry |
| cry/o | cold |
| endo | within, inside |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -ase | suffix used in naming enzymes |
| lip/o | fat |
| prurit/o | itching |
| pedal | foot |
| digits or phalanges | toes or fingers |
| cilia | Hairs |
| stratum | layer |
| Tinea Pedia (athletes foot) | Infection of the pedal region that causes scaling and blister's between digits or phalanges. |
| pediculosis | parasitic form of lice that feed on human blood and lay their eggs in cilia. |
| Warts | Common, benign, viral infections in the skin and adjacent mucous membranes. |
| alopecia | hair loss |
| Decubitus ulcers | a localized area of cellular necrosis that occurs most often in the skin tissue over bony prominences. |
| vitiligo | localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized by milk-white patches |
| Psoriasis | chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with silvery scales |
| acne | inflammatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous glands and hair follicles |
| squam/o | scale |
| unquis | nail, claw, hoof |
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