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med term ch 3
ch 3: integumentary system
| combining form | definition | |
|---|---|---|
| albin/o | white | |
| cauter/o | to burn | |
| derm/o | skin | |
| 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 | |
| myc/o | fungus | |
| necr/o | death | |
| onych/ | nail | |
| pedicul//o | lice | |
| phot/o | light | |
| py/o | pus | |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle | |
| sarc/o | flesh | |
| scler/o | hard | |
| seb/o | oil | |
| system/o | system | |
| trich/o | hair | |
| ungu/o | nail | |
| vesic/o | bladder | |
| xer/o | dry | |
| -derma | skin condition | |
| allo- | other, different from usual | |
| xeno- | foreign | |
| angi/o | vessel | |
| bas/o | the base | |
| carcin/o | cancer | |
| cis/o | to cut | |
| cortic/o | outer layer | |
| cry/o | cold | |
| cutane/o | skin | |
| cyt/o | cell | |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating | |
| esthesi/o | feeling | |
| hem/o | blood | |
| -al | pertaining to | |
| -ectomy | surgical removal | |
| -emia | blood condition | |
| -ia | state, condition | |
| -iasis | abnormal condition | |
| -ic | pertaining to | |
| -ism | state of | |
| -itis | inflammation | |
| -logy | study of | |
| -malacia | abnormal softening | |
| -oma | mass or tumor | |
| -opsy | view of | |
| -osis | abnormal condition | |
| -ous | pertaining to | |
| -phagia | eat, swallow | |
| -plasty | surgical repair | |
| -rrhea | discharge | |
| -tic | pertaining to | |
| -tome | instrument to cut | |
| -ule | small | |
| allo | other | |
| an | without | |
| anti | against | |
| auto | self | |
| de- | without | |
| epi- | above | |
| ex- | outward | |
| hyper- | excessive | |
| hypo- | under | |
| intra- | within | |
| para- | beside | |
| sub- | under | |
| xeno- | foreign |