Chapter 16 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| alopecia | Absence of hair from areas where it normally grows |
| caus/o | burn; burning |
| coll/a | glue |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| erythem/o | redness |
| ichthy/o | dry; scaly |
| lip/o | fat |
| xer/o | dry |
| melan/o | black |
| sub- | under, below |
| cutane/o | skin |
| ungu/o | nail |
| Keratin | Hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails. Keratin means horn and commonly is found in the horns of animals. |
| kerat/o | cornea; hard, horny tissue |
| eczema | Inflammatory skin disease with erythematous, papulovesicular, or papulosquamous lesions. |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| Gangrene | Death of tissue associated with loss of blood supply. |
| Impetigo | Bacterial inflammatory skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and crusted-over lesions |
| Keloid | Excess hypertrophied, thickened scar developing after trauma or surgical incision. |
| Decubitus ulcer | bed sores |
| Petechia | small, pinpoint hemorrage |
| Pruritus | itching |
| Prurit/o | itching |
| Psoriasis | Chronic, recurrent dermatosis marked by itchy, scaly, red plaques covered by silvery gray scales. |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| Scabies | Contagious, parasitic infection of the skin with intense pruritus |
| Urticaria | hives |
| Epidermis | the surface epithelium of the skin, overlying the dermis. |
| Vitiligo | Loss of pigment (depigmentation) in areas of the skin (milk-white patches |
| Wheal | a red, swollen mark left on flesh by a blow or pressure |
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