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Med Term Ch3 & 4
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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