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Chapter 3
Integumentary System: Prefixes, Suffixes, & Word Roots COMBO Set
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A--, An-- | Not, Without |
| Auto-- | Self |
| E--, Ex-- | Out, Away From |
| Epi-- | On, Upon, Over |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| --Al | Pertaining To |
| --Ary | Pertaining To |
| --Ic | Pertaining To |
| --Ous | Pertaining To |
| --Tic | Pertaining To |
| --Cyte | Cell |
| --Derma | Skin |
| --Ectomy | Surgical Removal, Excision |
| --Ema | Condition |
| --Esis | Action, Condition, State of |
| --Esthesia | 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 | Process, Abnormal Condition |
| --Plasty | Surgical Repair |
| --Rrhea | Flow, Excessive Discharge |
| --Therapy | Treatment |
| --Dermis | Skin |
| --Genesis | Formation |
| --Phagia | Eating, Swallowing |
| --Tome | Instrument Used to Cut Thin Sections |