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Chapter 3
Integumentary System: Word Roots ONLY Set
| 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 |
| Chrom/o | Color |
| Cis/o | To Cut |
| Cry/o | Cold |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Cyan/o | Blue |
| Crypt/o | Hidden |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Derm/a | Skin |
| Dermat/o | Skin |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| Diaphor/o | Profuse Sweating |
| Ecchym/o | Blood in the Tissues |
| Erythem/o | Redness |
| 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 |
| Necr/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 |
| Therm/o | Hot/Heat |
| Xanth/o | Yellow/Yellowish |
| Xen/o | Foreign/Unlike Species |