Term | Definition |
Squam | Scale |
Papule | Small raised solid pimple or swelling/part of rash without pus |
Kerat | Hard |
Purpur | Purple |
Erythr | Red |
Leuk | White |
Xanth | Yellow |
Melan | Black |
Pigmentation | The coloring of the skin, hair, and retina of the eye |
Hyper | Fast |
Hypo | Slow |
Erythema | Redness of the Skin |
Urticaria | Itchy rash with Bumps |
Mycosis | Fungus |
Tumor | Abnormal benign or malignant new growth of tissue with out a function |
Vesicle | A small bladder or sac containing fluid |
Ulcer | A break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue/ like an open sore |
Nevus | Mole |
Collagen | An insoluble fibrous protein that is the main constituent of skin |
Sebum | Oil |
Keratin | any of various sulfur-containing fibrous proteins that form hair or nails |
Melanin | The pigment that gives skin, hair, and eyes their color |
Pruritus | Itchyness by itself |
Hidr | Sweat |
onych | Nail |
Heart | Card/ Cardi recieves blood from veins and pumps it into the arteries |
Angina | Chest Pain |
Blood Vessels | Angi/o, Vas/o transport blood to and from all areas of the body |
Arteries | Arteri/o, transport blood away from the heart to all areas of the body |
Capillaries | Capill/o, Permit the exchange of nutrients and waste products the blood and the cells |
Veins | Phleb/o, ven/o Return blood from all parts of the body to the heart |
Blood | Hem/o, Hemat/o Brings oxygen and nutrients to the cell and carries away waste |
Angio- | Blood or lymph vessel |
Aort/o | aorta |
Arteri/o | artery |
Ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
Brady | Slow |
Cardi/o | heart |
Crasia | Mixture or Blending |
Emia | Blood Blood Condition |
Phleb/o | Veins / blood |
Tachy | Fast |
Thromb/o | Clot |
Ven/o | Vein |
Epi | above, upon, on |
Peri | surrounding, Arround |
Root | Main |
Suffix | After |
Prefix | Before |
-ic | Pertaining to |
-ium | Tissue |
-y | Process of |
Ec | Out |
Tom | To cut |
Cardi/card/cardia | Heart |
Epi | Upon |
Sub | Beneath |
Endo | Within |
Logy | Study of |
Pulmon | Lung |
Dynia | Pain |
Rrhexis | Rupture |
Rrhaphy | Suture |
Duct | Root Leading to |
Meta | After/beyond |
Stasis | Stand/stop |
Adip/o | Fat |
Lip/o | Fat |
Steat/o | Fat |
Dermat/dermo | Skin |
Cutane | Skin |
Erthr/erythr | Red |
Hidr/o | Sweat |
Hist/ histio | Tissue |
Scler | Hard |
Kerat | Hard |
Leuk | White |
Melan | Black |
Myc | Fungus |
Plas | Formation |
Purpur | Purple |
Seb | Sebum (oil) |
Squam | Scale |
Trich | Hair |
Xer | Dry |
Xanth | Yellow |
Epidermis | Outer layer of skin |
Dermis (corium) | Inner layer of skin |
Basal layer | Inner most layer of the epidermis |
Squamous layer | Outermost layer of the epidermis |
Subcutaneous layer | Layer below dermis |
Melanocytes | Produce pigment which gives color to the skin |
Skin (integument) | Skin hair nails sweat glands and sebaceous glands |
Adipose | Fat |
Lesions | Pathologically altered tissue |
Patho | Not good |
Primary lesions | Lesions arising from previously normal skin |
Palpate | Feeling/touching |
Secondary lesions | Lesions that result in changes from primary lesions |
Vascular lesions | Lesions of a blood vessel |
Cherry angioma | Round, bright red blood vessel tumor |
-oma | Tumor |
Telangiectasia (spider angioma) | Radiate from central arteriole/ rash tumor looks like a spider |
Purpuric lesions | Lesions resulting from hemorrhage in skin |
Ecchymosis | Bruise |
Epidermal tumors | Skin tumors arising from epidermis |
Dysplastic nevus | Mole with precancerous changes |
Verruca | Wart, caused by a virus |
Hyperhidrosis | To much sweating |
Hypodermic | Below the skin |
Hypothermia | Below temperature |
Erytheme | Redness of the skin |
Petechia | Broken eye vessels |
Seborrheic Dermatitis | Cradle cap |
Hem/o, Hemat/o | Blood |