Question | Answer |
abras/o | rub or scrape off |
albin/o | white |
alopec/o | baldness |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancer |
chrom/o | color |
cis/o | to cut |
contus/o | to bruise |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
cutane/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
derm/o -derma | skin |
diaphor/o | sweat |
ecchym/o | pouring out of juice |
eczemat/o | erupt |
epi- | upon, above, on or upper |
erythem/o erythemat/o | flushed or redness |
-esis | state or abnormal condition |
ex- | out |
hidr/o | sweat |
histi/o hist/o | tissue |
-ia | state or condition |
in- | in |
kerat/o | horny or hard |
lacerat/o | torn or ragged |
lip/o | fat |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o | fingernail or toenail |
-opsy | view of |
petechi/o | skin spot |
-phagia phag/o | eating or swallowing |
pil/i pil/o | hair |
prurit/o | itch |
psor/i psor/o | itch |
purpur/o | purple |
py/o | pus |
seb/o | sebum - afatty secretion of the sebaceous glans of the skin |
ungu/o | fingernail or toenail |
urtic/o | hives |
xer/o | dry |
blepharoplasty | plastic surgery on an eyelid especially to remove fatty or excess tissue |
carbuncle | a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin & deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus & usually necrosis & sloughing of dead tissue |
decubitus ulcer | are localized injuries to the skin and/or underlying tissue that usually occur over a bony prominence as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear and/or friction |
debridement | Use instruments remove dead, contaminated, or adherent tissue and/or foreign material |
eczema | a group of medical conditions that cause the skin to become inflamed or irritated |
erythema | is redness of the skin or mucous membranes, caused by hyperemia of superficial capillaries |
impetigo | highly contagious skin infection - usually appears as red sores on the face, especially around a child's nose and mouth |
keloid | a thick scar resulting from excessive growth of fibrous tissue and occurring especially after burns or radiation injury |
liposuction | surgical removal of local fat deposits by applying suction through a small tube inserted into the body |
rhytidectomy | A facelift |
subungual hematoma | the collection of blood in the space between the nail bed and fingernail due to direct injury to the fingernail |
vitiligo | a progressive skin disorder caused by destruction of melanocytes and marked by sharply circumscribed white spots of skin |
lesion | an abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease |
ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
necrotizing fasciitis | a severe soft tissue infection by bacteria - marked by edema and necrosis of subcutaneous tissues with involvement of adjacent fascia and by painful red swollen skin over affected areas |
ecchymosis | A purplish patch caused by extravasation of blood into the skin, differing from petechiae only in size (larger than 3 mm diameter) |
hematoma | a mass of usually clotted blood that forms in a tissue, organ, or body space as a result of a broken blood vessel |
port wine stain | a reddish purple superficial hemangioma of the skin commonly occurring as a birthmark |
strawberry hemangioma | a usually benign tumor made up of blood vessels that typically occurs as a purplish or reddish slightly elevated area of skin |
pediculosis capitis | infestation of the scalp by head lice |
pediculosis corporis | infestation by body lice |
cellulitis | A spreading bacterial infection underneath the skin surface characterized by redness, warmth, swelling, and pain |