Combining forms for the Skin
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adip/o | fat (dee lip/o and steat/o)
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albin/o | white
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caus/o | burn, burning
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cauter/o | heat,burn
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cutane/o | skin (see derm/o)
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derm/o, dermat/o | skin
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diaphor/o | porfuse sweating (see hidr/o)
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erythem/o,erythem/o | redness
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hidr/o | sweat
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ichthy/o | scaly, dry (fish-like)
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kerat/o | hard, horny tissue
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leuk/o | white
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lip/o | fat
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melan/o | black
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myc/o | fungus (fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms)
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onych/o | nail (see ungu/o)
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phyt/o | pllant
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pil/o | hair (see trich/o), hair follicle
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seb/o | sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
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squam/o | scale-like
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steat/o | fat
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trich/o | hair
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ungu/o | nail
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xanth/o | yellow
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xer/o | dry
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abras/o | scrape off
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actin/o | rays of the sun
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all/o | other; strange
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alopec/o | bald
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angi/o | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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aspir/o | to breathe in; to suck in
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aut/o | self
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bas/o | base of a structure; basic (alkaline)
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bi/o | life; living organism; living tissues
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blephar/o | eyelid
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carcin/o | cancer
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cellul/o | cell
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contus/o | bruising
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cortic/o | cortex; outer region
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cry/o | cold
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cut/i | skin
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cyan/o | blue
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derm/a | skin
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desicc/o | to dry up
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dynam/o | power; movement
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ecchym/o | blood in the tissues
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elast/o | flexing; stretching
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electr/o | electricity
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erect/o | to stand up
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erg/o | activity; work
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erythemat/o | redness
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esthes/o | sensation;feeling
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esthet/o | sensation; feeling
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ex/o | away from; external; outward
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excis/o | to cut out
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excori/o | to take out skin
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exud/o | oozing fluid
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fer/o | to bear
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fiss/o | splitting
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foli/o | leaf
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follicul/o | follicle (small sac)
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fulgur/o | fungus
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gangrene/o | gangrene
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hem/o | blood
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hemat/o | blood
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hidr/o | sweat
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hirsute/o | hairy
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icter/o | jaundice
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incis/o | to cut into
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integument/o | skin
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integu/o | to cover
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kel/o | tumor
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kerat/o | cornea (of the eye), hard, fibrous protein
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lacer/o | a tearing
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lip/o | lipid (fat)
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loc/o | in one place
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log/o | word; the study of
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lun/o | moon
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malign/o | intentionally causing harm; cancer
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melan/o | black
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micr/o | one millionth; small
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myc/o | fungus
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my/o | muscle
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ne/o | new
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necr/o | dead cells, tissue, or body
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nid/o | nest; focus
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onych/o | nail (fingernail or toenail)
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papill/o | elevated structure
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pedicul/o | lice
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pigment/o | pigment
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pil/o | hair
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phot/o | light
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phylact/o | guarding; protecting
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plast/o | growth; formation
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prurit/o | itching
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psor/o | itching
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rhabd/o | rod
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rhin/o | nose
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rhytid/o | wrinkle
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sarc/o | connective tissue
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schiz/o | split
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scler/o | hard; sclera (white of the eye)
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sebace/o | sebum (oil)
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seb/o | sebum (oil)
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sect/o | to cut
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sen/o | old age
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sensitiv/o | affected by; sensitive to
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spir/o | breathe; a coil
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squam/o | scalelike cell
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suct/o | to suck
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sudor/i | sweat
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surg/o | operative procedure
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system/o | the body as a whole
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theli/o | cellular layer
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topic/o | a specific area
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trich/o | hair
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ungu/o | nail (fingernail or toenail)
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vas/o | blood vessel; vas deferens
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vesic/o | bladder; fluid-filled sac
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vesicul/o | bladder; fluid-filled sac
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vir/o | virus
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