CLCV 102 - Units 3 and 4

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

dermat/o or derm/o

skin

hidr/o

sweat

kerat/o

keratin, hard, horn-like

lip/o

fat

melan/o

melanin, black

onych/o

nail

py/o

pus

seb/o

sebum, oil

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

bi/o

life

carnin/o

cancer

chem/o

chemical

cry/o

cold

erythr/o

red

ichthy/o

scaly

leuk/o

white

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

scler/o

hard

vesic/o

bladder, sac

xanth/o

yellow

xer/o

dry

-al, -ic, -ose, -ous, -tic (suffix)

pertaining to

-cle (suffix)

small

-cyte (suffix)

cell

-derma (suffix)

skin condition

-ectomy (suffix)

surgical removal

-genic (suffix)

producing

-ia (suffix)

state, condition

-itis (suffix)

inflammation

-logist (suffix)

one who studies

-logy (suffix)

study of

-malacia (suffix)

abnormal softening

-megaly (suffix)

large

-oid (suffix)

resembling

-oma (suffix)

tumor, mass

-opsy (suffix)

view of

-osis (suffix)

abnormal condition

-pathy (suffix)

disease

-phagia (suffix)

eating, swallowing

-plasty (suffix)

surgical repair

-rrhea (suffix)

flow, discharge

-sclerosis (suffix)

hardening

-tome (suffix)

instrument used to cut

an- (prefix)

without

epi- (prefix)

above

hyper- (prefix)

excessive

hypo- (prefix)

below, insufficient

intra- (prefix)

within

pachy- (prefix)

thick

per- (prefix)

through

sub- (prefix)

beneath, under

trans- (prefix)

across

aden/o information

gland; organ that secretes a substance. skin has two types: sweat and sebaceous (oil)

adenitis

inflamed gland

adenoma

tumor in a gland

adenomegaly

enlarged gland

adip/o information

fat, synonymous with lip/o; tissue found in subcutaneous layer. Forms in layers over body: provides insulation, energy storage, and protective padding

adipose

pertaining to fat

adipocyte

fat cell

adipoma

tumor made of fat

cutane/o information

latin word for skin, cutis (greek is derma). layers of skin - epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous layer

subcutaneous

pertaining to below the skin

percutaneous

pertaining to through the skin (per=through, cutane=skin, -ous=pertaining to)

cyan/o information

blue; skin appears blue when blood is deoxygenated

cyanotic

pertaining to being blue

-derma information

greek word for skin; as a suffix = skin condition. describes how skin looks or feels

xeroderma

dry skin condition

erythroderma

red skin condition

leukoderma

white skin condition

dermat/o information

combo form meaning skin

dermatoplasty

surgical repair of the skin

dermatosclerosis

hardened skin condition

derm/o

combo form meaning skin

epidermal

pertaining to over the skin

hypodermic

pertaining to under the skin

transdermal

pertaining to across the skin

hidr/o information

sweat, secreted by sweat glands

hidradenitis

sweat gland inflammation

hyperhidrosis

abnormal condition of excessive sweating

kerat/o information

keratin, hard protein found in hair nails and outermost cells of epidermis

keratoderma

horn-like skin condition

keratosis

horn-like abnormal condition

keratogenic

producing keratin

melan/o information

meaning melanin/black, found in melanocytes

melanoma

black tumor

melanocyte

black cell

melanotic

pertaining to being black

onych/o or ungu/o meaning

nail

onychitis

inflammation of nail

onychomalacia

softening of a nail

ungual

pertaining to a nail

subungual

pertaining to under a nail

py/o info

pus; semi-solid fluid. associated with certain bacterial infections

pyogenic

pus producing