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Med Term Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| 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, dermat/o, derm/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 |
| 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 |
| schler/o | hardening |
| seb/o | sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands) |
| 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; above normal; excessive |
| hypo- | below; below normal; deficient |
| in- | in; into; not |
| intra- | within; into |
| para- | near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal |
| per- | through |
| sub- | below; under |
| -al, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -dermis | skin |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -ema | condition |
| -esis | action; condition; state of |
| -esthesia | feeling; sensation |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ion | process; state; condition |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ology | 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 |