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HHS Integumentary Sy
Medical Word Elements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry,scaly |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, cornea |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardening |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| xer/o | dry |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -therapy | treatment |
| an- | without, not |
| dia- | through, across |
| epi- | above, upon |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | excessive above |
| sub- | under, below |
| Bx, bx | biopsy |
| CA | cancer |
| ID | intradermal |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| IV | intravenous |
| subcu, Sub-Q, subQ | subcutaneous |