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Med Term unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adeno | gland |
| adipo | fat |
| albino | white |
| auto | self |
| bio | life |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| carcino | cancer |
| causo | burn; burning; heat |
| cauter | heat; burn |
| chromo | color |
| ciso | to cut |
| cryo | cold |
| crypto | hidden |
| cutane | skin |
| derma | skin |
| diaphoro | profuse sweating |
| ecchymo | blood in tissue |
| erythemo | redness |
| erythro | red |
| hidro | sweat |
| histo | tissue |
| ichthy | dry; scaly |
| immuno | immune; protection |
| integumento | covering |
| jaundo | yellow |
| kerato | hard, horn shaped tissue |
| lipo | fat |
| melano | black |
| myco | fungus |
| necro | black |
| onycho | nail |
| pilo | hair follicle |
| prurito | itching |
| psoro | itching |
| pyo | pus |
| rhytoido | wrinkle |
| sclero | hardening |
| sebo | sebum |
| squamo | scale |
| thermo | hot; heat |
| tricho | hair |
| unguo | nail |
| xantho | yellow; yellowish |
| xeno | foreign unlike species |
| xero | dry |
| a- | without |
| auto- | self |
| ex- | out |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below; deficient |
| in- | in |
| intra- | within |
| para- | near |
| per- | through |
| sub- | below |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -dermis | skin |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -ema | conditon |
| -esis | action; condition; state of |
| -esthesia | feeling; sensation |
| -genesis | formation |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ion | process; state; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -opsy | view of; viewing |
| -ose | full of; sugar |
| -osis | process, abnormal condition |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | excessive discharge |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tome | instrument used to cut thin sections |
| acne | Inflammatory disorder of the sebaceous glands that produces pimples on the skin. |
| albinism | An inherited condition that prevents the normal production of melanin, resulting in extremely pale skin and white hair. |
| alopecia | Hair loss that results from genetics, normal aging, illness, or drugs used to treat certain diseases. |
| burns | Injuries to skin tissue caused by prolonged heat contact. |
| cicatrix | A scar left by a healed wound. |
| cyanosis | Blue or purple discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes due to insufficient blood oxygen or poor circulation. Many circulatory and respiratory conditions produce cyanosis. |
| ecchymosis | Black-and-blue or purplish bruise caused by ruptured blood vessels beneath the skin. |
| eczema | Acute or chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by erythema, itchiness, and edema (uh-DEE-muh), or swelling. Also called dermatitis. May occur alone or in conjunction with another disease. |
| gangrene | Necrosis, or death, of tissue due to loss of blood supply, followed by bacterial infection |
| keloid | An abnormally raised, thickened scar |
| impetigo | Bacterial infection of the skin characterized by vesicles (small, fluid-filled sacs), pustules (small, pus-filled blisters), and crusted-over lesions. |
| petechia | Round, pinpoint spots on the skin caused by intradermal hemorrhage (bleeding into the skin). |
| psoriasis | A chronic disease marked by itchy, erythematous skin with silvery patches |
| purpura | A purple or brownish-red rash in which blood leaks from vessels into the skin or mucous membranes. |
| scabies | A contagious, parasitic infection of the skin with intense pruritus , or itching. |
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