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Chapter 4 Flashcards
Flashcards for quiz 11/4
| 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 |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/a; dermat/o;derm/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| ecchym/o | blood in the tissues |
| erythem/o;erythemat/o | redness |
| erthyr/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 (oily secretion from subaceous glands) |
| squam/o | scale |
| steat/o | fat/sebum |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xer/o | dry |
| a-,an- | not;without |
| auto- | self |
| e-,ex- | out; away from |
| epi- | on;over;upon |
| hyper- | above;above normal;excessive |
| hypo- | below;below normal;excessive |
| in- | in;into;not |
| intra- | within;into |
| para- | near;beside;alongside;beyond;abnormal |
| per- | through |
| sub- | below;under |
| -al,-ary,-ic,-ous,-tic | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -dermis | skin |
| -ectomy | surgical removal;excision |
| -ema | condition |
| -esis | action;condition;state of |
| -ethesia | feeling;sensation |
| -iasis | abnormal conditions |
| -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 | abnormal condition |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | flow;excessive discharge |
| -therapy | discharge |