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D/C Med Term
Chapter 3 Integumentary System
| Word Part | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Combining Forms | Blank |
| albin/o | white |
| angi/o | vessel |
| bas/o | base |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cauter/o | to burn |
| chem/o | chemical |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cortic/o | outer layer |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| electr/o | electricity |
| erythr/o | red |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| hem/o | blood |
| 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/o | nail |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | oil |
| septic/o | infection |
| system/o | system |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| vesic/o | sac |
| xer/o | dry |
| Suffixes | blank |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -derma | skin condition |
| -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 | tumor, mass |
| -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 |
| Prefixes | blank |
| allo- | other |
| an- | without |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| de- | without |
| epi- | above |
| ex- | outward |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | below |
| intra- | within |
| para- | beside |
| sub- | under |
| xeno- | foreign |