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Ch 11 Dermatology
Prefixes, suffixes, root words 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -itis | inflammation infection of |
| hem/o- | blood |
| -rrhage | excessive flow or discharge |
| extra- | outside of |
| vas/o- | blood vessel; vas deferens |
| -ation | process; being or having |
| contus/o- | bruising |
| -ion | action; condition |
| ecchym/o- | blood in tissues |
| -osis | condition, abnormal condition, process |
| hemat/o- | blood |
| fiss/o- | splittiing |
| -ure | system; result of |
| vesic/o- vesicul/o- | bladder; fluid filled sac |
| -cle | small thing |
| ne/o- | new |
| -plasm | growth; formed substance |
| malign/o- | cancer |
| prurit/o- | itching |
| xer/o- | dry |
| -derma | skin |
| albin/o- | white |
| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| erythemat/o- | redness |
| icter/o- | jaundice |
| necr/o- | dead cells, tissue or body |
| gangren/o- | gangrene |
| de- | reversal of; without |
| pigment/o- | pigment |
| abras/o- | scrape of |
| an- | without; not |
| esthes/o- | sensation; feeling |
| kel/o- | tumor |
| -oid | resembling |
| lacer/o- | a tearing |
| cellul/o- | cell |
| pedicul/o- | lice |
| dermat/o- | skin |
| actin/o- | rays of the sun |
| angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
| lip/o- | lipid (fat) |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
| plast/o- | growth; formation |
| papill/o- | elevated structure |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| sen/o- | old age |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| syn- | together |
| -dactyly | condition of fingers or toes |
| poly- | many; much |
| xanth/o- | yellow |
| -elasma | platelike structure |
| carcin/o- | cancer |
| melan/o- | black |
| squam/o- | scalelike cell |
| sarc/o- | connective tissue |
| psor/o- | itching |
| scler/o- | hard; sclera (white of the eye) |
| system/o- | the body as a whole |
| rhin/o- | nose |
| -phyma | tumor; growth |
| seb/o- | sebum (oil) |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| alopec/o- | bald |
| follicul/o- | follicle (small sac) |
| hirsut/o- pil/o- trich/o | hair |
| nid/o- | nest; focus |
| schiz/o- | split |
| trich/o- | hair |
| onych/o- | nail |
| myc/o- | fungus |
| par- | beside |
| intra- | within |
| sensitiv/o- | affected by; sensitive to |
| exud/o- | oozing fluid |
| cry/o- | cold |
| surg/o- | operative procedure |
| electr/o- | electricity |
| surg/o- | surgery |
| desicc/o- | to dry up |
| fulgur/o- | spark of electricity |
| sect/o- | to cut |
| incis/o- | to cut into |
| abras/o- | scrape off |
| micr/o- | one millionth; small |
| bi/o- | life, living organisms, living tissue |
| -opsy | view of |
| aspir/o- | to breath in; to suck in |
| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery |
| suct/o- | to suck |
| rhytid/o- | wrinkle |
| blephar/o- | eye lid |
| aut/o- | self |
| -graft | tissue for implant or transplant |
| all/o- | other; strange |
| xen/o- | foreign |
| esthet/o- | sensation; feeling |
| anti- | against |
| fung/o- | fungus |
| prurit/o- | itching |
| vir/o- | virus |
| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
| -steroid | steroid |
| phot/o- | light |
| dynam/o- | power; movement |
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