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MHC - BB4
BB4 - Integumentary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| erythem/o | redness |
| erythemat/o | redness |
| follicul | little bag |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry (fish-like) |
| icter | jaundice |
| integument | a covering |
| kerat/o | keratin, hard, horny tissue |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black, dark, melanin |
| myc/o | fungus (fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pil/o | hair, hair follicle |
| prurit | itching |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous gland |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| steat/o | fat |
| trich/o | hair |
| ung | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| an- | without, lack of |
| epi- | on, upon, over |
| ex- | out |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | under |
| intra- | within |
| para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
| per- | through |
| sub- | under, below |
| trans- | through, across, beyond |
| -a | noun suffix, no meaning |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -coccus (pl. –cocci) | berry-shaped |
| -derma | skin |
| -ectomy | excision / surgical removal |
| -ia | diseased/ abnormal state, condition of |
| -ice | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | view of, viewing |
| -osis | condition of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -us | pertaining to |