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Integumentary
Word Parts & Abbreviations
| 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 |
| derma/o, dermat/o, derm/o | Skin |
| diaphor/o | Profuse sweating |
| ecchym/o | Blood in 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 |
| nerc/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 |
| Scler/o | Hardening |
| Seb/o | Sebum |
| 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 |
| -ethesia | Feeling; sensation |
| -iasis | Abnormal condition |
| -ion | Process; state; condition |
| -ism | Process ;condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | 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 |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| Bx, bx | Biopsy |
| cm | Centimeters |
| CV | Cardiovascular |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| Hx, hx | History |
| I&D | Incision and drainage |
| L5- S1 | Spinal disks located between the fifth lumbar vertebra and the first sacral vertebra |
| NKA | No known allergies |
| NS | Nonsmoker |
| OTC | over the counter |
| PCP | Primary care physician |
| PRN, p,r.n | As needed |
| Pt, pt. | Patient |
| RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| SLE | Systematic lupus erythematosus |
| SOB | Shortness of breath |
| y/o | Years old |
| Functions of the Skin | Protection, body temperature maintenance, excretion, perception stimuli |
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