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MT Unit 3
Medical Terminology Unit 3 Word Elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Albin/o | white |
| allo | other, different from usual |
| angi/o | vessel |
| bas/o | the base |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cauter/o | to burn |
| chem/o | chemical |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cry/o | cold |
| cortic/o | outer layer |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -derma | skin condition |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| intra- | within |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -emia | blood condition |
| erythr/o | red |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hypo- | under |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| my/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| para- | beside |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| -phagia | eating |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | oil |
| septic/o | infection |
| system/o | system |
| sub- | under |
| trich/o | hair |
| -ule | small |
| ungu/o | nail |
| vesicle/o | bladder, sac |
| xer/o | dry |
| xeno | foreign |