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The Integumentary System - Dermatology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rhytid | wrinkle |
| onchy/o, ungu/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| pachyderma | thick skin |
| onychopathy | nail disease |
| macule, macula | freckle |
| ichthyosis | skin condition of dry, scaly skin |
| onychotomy | incision into a nail |
| ABCDE | asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving |
| trichomycosis | fungal condition of the hair |
| squamo | scale |
| cycl/o | ciliary body, the circle of tissue surrounding the lens |
| corne/o, kerat/o | cornea, the clear surface in the middle of the eye |
| phac/o, phak/o | lens, the part of the eye that gathers light and focuses on images |
| scler/o | sclera, the white part of the eye |
| sensorineural hearing loss | hearing loss caused by sound not being transmitted from inner ear to brain |
| VA | visual acuity |
| salping/o | eustachian tube |