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Integumentary System
Medical Terms about Determatology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adio/o | fat |
| alb/o | white |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| dermat/o | skin |
| erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| karat/o | hard, horny |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| onych/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| sebace/o | oil |
| squam/o | scale |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| antipuritic | a drug that prevents or relieves itching |
| bulla | (Latin "bubble") large blister |
| cherry angloma | a small blood vessel tumor |
| dermatolysis | loss of skin |
| fissure | (Latin, "split" or "divide") a crack in the skin |
| hemathaldrosis | sweating blood |
| mycosis | fungus condition |
| verruca | (Latin, "wart") a wart |
| steatoma | a fatty tumor |
| prurtus | (Latin) itching |
| rhytidoplasty | reconstruction of wrinkled skin |
| excoriation | a scratch |
| ABCDE | asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving |
| AK | actinic keratosis |
| Bx | biopsy |
| C & S | culture and sensitivity |