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chapter 2,3
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o lapar/o ceil/o | abdomen |
| adip/o; lip/o | fat;fatty |
| anter/o | front |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dors/o | back |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hist/o | tissue |
| inguin/o | groin |
| later/o | side; away from midline |
| lumb/o | lumbar back; lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back |
| proxim/o | near |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | thorax/chest |
| umbilic/o | naval |
| ventr/o | front side |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| cardi/o | heart |
| epi- | on; upon; over |
| hypo- | beneath; below |
| intra- | within |
| para- | around; beside |
| per- | throgh |
| sub | under; below |
| -ectomy | excision; surgical removal |
| -ia; -iasis; -osis | abnormal condition of inflamation |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -(o)logy | study of |
| -(o)logist | specialist in the study of |
| -oma | tumor; swelling |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -(r)hea | flow; excessive discharge |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| jaundice | yellow discoloration of the skin |
| Kaposi's sarcoma | a cancerous growth that begins as soft, purple-brown papules on the feet and gradually spreads in the skin |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| -oma | tumor |
| keloid | abnormally large, raised or thickened scar |
| laceration | a cut |
| lesion | any damage to tissue caused by trauma or disease |
| macule | small, flat discoloration of skin less than 1 cm in diameter |
| malignant melanoma | cancerous skin tumor originating form the melanocytes of a mole, freckles, or pigmented skin; skin cancer |
| melan/o | black |
| -oma | tumor |
| nevus (pl.nevi) | pigmented area at birth; mole, birthmark |
| onychomalacia | softening of the nails |
| onych/o | nail |
| -malacia | softening |
| onychomycosis | fungal infection of the nails |
| onych/o | nail |
| myc/o | fungus |
| -osis | condition |
| pachyderma | thickening of the skin |
| pachy- | thickening |
| derm/o | skin |
| pallor | paleness |
| papule | small, solid, raised lesion that is less than 0.5 cm in diameter; pimple |
| pediculosis | lice infestation associated with skin and hair |
| petechia (pl. petechiae) | pinpoint bleeding in the skin |
| pressure ulcer | open lesion of the skin characterized by a breakdown of skin and underlying tissues as a result of constant pressure to bony prominences under the skin and an inadequate blood supply to teh area; also known as decubitus ulce. |
| psoriasis | chronic skin condition characterized by dry, silvery scales covering red lesions |
| pruritus | severe itching |
| purpura | large bruises under the skin associated with hemorrhages into tissue |
| pustule | circumscribed elevation of the skin containing pus |
| bx; Bx | biopsy |
| decub | decubitus ulcer |
| subQ; SC | subcutaneous |
| cut/o; cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o; dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o; ungu/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| pil/o | hair |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| seb/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scale |
| sud/o; sudor/o | sweat |
| trich/o | hair |
| xer/o | dry |
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