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Med Term Ch3 & 4
Vocab
Question | Answer |
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subcutaneous | pertaining to under the skin |
dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
dermatopathy | disease of the skin |
anhidrosis | lack of sweating |
melanoma | black or dark tumor |
melanocyte | black or dark cell |
onychomycosis | abnormal condition of nail fungus |
rhytidectomy | removal of wrinkles |
erythroderma | red skin |
ichthyoderma | scaly and dry skin |
arthrodesis | fusion of a joint |
chondromalacia | softening of cartilage |
osteochondroma | bone and cartilage tumor |
intervertebral | pertaining to between vertebrae |
fasciotomy | incision into fascia |
kinesiology | study of movement |
electromyogram | record of muscle electricity |
atonia | lack of tone |
femoral | pertaining to the femor |
sternal | pertaining to the sternum |
albin/o | white |
bi/o | life |
cry/o | cold |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
electr/o | electricity |
erythr/o | red |
hidr/o | sweat |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
kerat/o | hard, horny |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
melan/o | black, dark |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
onych/o | nail |
pil/o | hair |
phot/o | light |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
scler/o | hard |
seb/o | oil |
trich/o | hair |
ungu/o | nail |
vesic/o | bladder |
xer/o | dry |
-derma | skin |
-opsy | view of |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
allo- | other, different from usual |
xeno- | strange, foreign |
epidermal | pertaining to upon the skin |
hypodermic | pertaining to under the skin |
intradermal | pertaining to within the skin |
dermatologist | skin specialist |
dermatosis | abnormal condition of the skin |
dermatoplasty | surgical repair of the skin |
hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
lipectomy | surgical removal of fat |
lipoma | fatty tumor |
necrosis | abnormal condition of death |
onychectomy | removal of a nail |
onychomalacia | softening of nails |
onychophagia | nail eating (nail biting) |
pyogenic | pus forming |
rhytidoplasty | surgical repair of wrinkles |
seborrhea | oily discharge |
trichomycosis | abnormal condition of hair fungus |
ungual | pertaining to the nails |
leukoderma | white skin |
pyoderma | pus skin |
scleroderma | hard skin |
xeroderma | dry skin |
dermatome | instrument for cutting skin or for producing thin transplants of skin |
dermatoplasty | skin grafting |
BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
BX, bx | biopsy |
C&S | culture $ sensitivity |
decub | decubitis ulcer |
Derm, derm | dermatology |
FS | frozen section |
HSV | herpes simples virus |
I&D | incision and drainage |
ID | indradermal |
MM | malignant melanoma |
SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
SG | skin graft |
SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
STSG | split-thickness skin graft |
subcu, SC, sc, subq | subcutaneous |
UV | ultrviolet |
ankyl/o | stiff joint |
arth/o | joint |