Pearson: Chapter 3 Terms - MT

Chapter 3: Integumentary System

albin/o

white

cauter/o

to burn

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

electr/o

electricity

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

ichthy/o

scaly, dry

kerat/o

hard, horny

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

nail

pedicul/o

lice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

sarc/o

flesh

scler/o

hard

seb/o

oil

system/o

system

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

vesic/o

bladder

xer/o

dry

-derma

skin condition

Allo-

other, different from usual

Xeno-

foreign

angi/o

vessel

bas/o

the base

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

cortic/o

outer layer

cty/o cell

esthesi/o

feeling

hem/o

blood

hidr/o

sweat

ichthy/o

scaly, dry

kerat/o

hard, horny

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onycho/o

nail

pedicul/o

lice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

sarc/o

flesh

scler/o

hard

seb/o

oil

septic/o

infection

system/o

system

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

vesic/o

sac

xer/o

dry

-al

pertaining to

-derma

skin condition

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-ia

state, condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-oma

mass or tumor

-opsy

view of

-osis

abnormal condition

-ous

pertaining to

-phagia

eat, swallow

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge

-tic

pertaining to

-tome

instrument to cut

-ule

small

Allo-

other

An-

without

Anti-

against

Auto-

self

De-

without

Epi-

above

Ex-

outward

hyper-

excessive

Hypo-

under

Intra-

within

Para-

beside

Sub-

under

Xeno-

foreign

Cutaneous

pertaining to the skin

Dermal

pertaining to the skin