Question | Answer |
cutane/o | skin |
hidr/o | sweat |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
kerat/o | hard, horny |
leuk/o | white |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o | nail |
pil/o | hair |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
scler/o | hard |
seb/o | oil |
trich/o | hair |
ungu/o | nail |
vesic/o | bladder |
xer/o | dry |
-opsy | view of |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
allo- | other, different from usual |
xeno- | strange, foreign |
another name for dermis | corum |
another name for subq layer | hypodermis |
intradermal | pertaining to within the skin |
dermatosis | abnormal condition of the skin |
dermatopathy | skin disease |
dermatoplasty | surgical repair of the skin |
anhidrosis | abnormal condition of no sweat |
hyperhidrosis | abnormal condition of excessive sweat |
lipoma | fatty mass |
necrosis | abnormal condition of death |
melanoma | black tumor |
melanocyte | black cell |
onychectomy | removal of a nail |
onychomalacia | softening of nails |
onychomycosis | abnormal condition of nail fungus |
onychophagia | nail eating |
pyogenic | pus forming |
rhytidectomy | removal of wrinkles |
rhytidoplasty | surgical repair of wrinkles |
seborrhea | oily discharge |
trichomycosis | abnormal condition of hair fungus |
ungual | pertaining to the nails |
erythroderma | red skin |
ichthyoderma | scaly and dry skin |
leukoderma | white skin |
pyoderma | pus skin |
scleroderma | hard skin |
xeroderma | dry skin |
cicatrix | scar |
comedo | collection of hardened sebum in hair follicle (blackhead) |
ecchymosis | bruise |
erythema | redness or flushing of skin |
eschar | thick layer of dead tissue and tissue fluid that develops over a deep burn area |
hirsutism | excessive hair growth |
hyperemia | redness of skin due to increased blood flow |
keloid | raised and thickened hypertrophic scar after injury or surgery |
keratosis | skin condition involving overgrowth and thickening of epidermis area |
nevus | pigmented skin blemish, birthmark, mole |
petechiae | pinpoint purple or red spots from minute hemorrhages under skin |
pruritus | severe itching |
purpura | hemorrhages into skin due to fragile blood vessels |
purulent | containing pus or infection that is producing pus |
suppurative | containing or producing pus |
urticaria | hives |
verruca | viral warts |
macule | flat, discolored area flush with skin surface (freckle or birthmark) |