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Body Structure Terms
NHTC 5 Body Structure Terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| histi/o | tissue |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly (fishlike) |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, cornea |
| myc/o | fungus (plural fungi) |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardning, sclera |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| xer/o | dry |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythem/o | red |
| erythemat/o | red |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| an- | without, not |
| dia- | through, across |
| epi- | above, upon |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | under, below |
| sub- | under, below |
| -derma | skin |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -oid | resembling |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -itis | inflammation |
| myc | fungus |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hidr | sweat |
| -oma | tumor |
| onych | nail |
| -ia | condition |
| pedicul | a louse |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| intra- | in, within |
| cryo | cold |
| lip | fat |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| rhytido | wrinkle |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| auto | self, own |
| homo | same |
| hetero | different |
| xeno | foreign, strange |
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