Medical Terminology - Chapter 3

albin/o

white

cauter/o

to burn

corpor/o

body

cry/o

cold

cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o

skin

diaphr/o

profuse sweating

electr/o

electricity

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

ichythy/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, diff from usual

xeno-

foreign

cutaneous, dermal, dermic

pertaining to skin

epidermal

above the skin

hypodermic

below the skin

intradermal

within the skin

subcutaneous

under the skin

ungual

nail

Dermatology (derm)

diagnosis and treatment of condition and diseases of integumentary system

Plastic Surgery

repair, reconstruction, implants of skin

abrasion

friction scrape skin

anhidrosis

no sweat

bulla

large blister

comedo

blackheads; hardened sebum

contusion

blow injury, swelling, bruising

cyst

fluid filled sac under skin

depigmentation

loss of normal skin color

diaphoresis

profuse sweating

ecchymosis

BRUISE, blood under skin

erythema

red flushing of skin

erythrodema

reddened, flushed skin

eschar

thick layer of dead tissue around a burn

fissure

crack-like lesion

hirsutism

excessive hair growth

hyperemia

red skin cs high blood flow

hyperhidrosis

excessive sweating

hyperpigmentation

abnormal amt of pigment

lesion

general term for injury

leukoderma

white skin = lack of pigment

lipoma

fatty mass

macule

flat, discolored spot

necrosis

tissue death

nevus

pigment blemish, birthmark, mole

nodule

firm, solid mass less than 0.5 cm

onychomalacia

nail softening

pallor

abnormal paleness

papule

small, raised, spot more than 0.5 cm

petechiae

spots from small hemorrhages

photosensitivity

abnormal skin reaction to light

pruritus

severe itching

purpura

skin hemorrhages cs fragile blood vessels

purulent

infection w pus

pustule

raised spot w pus

pyoderma

having pus in skin

scleroderma

hardened skin

seborrhea

oily discharge

suppurative

containing/producing pus

ulcer

open sore

urticaria

HIVES, wheals, itch

vesicle

blister

wheal

small, swollen area

xeroderma

dry skin

abscess

collection of pus in skin

acne

inflammation of sebaceous glands w papules and pustules

acne rosacea

chronic adult acne, tiny pimples

acne vulgaris

teenage acne, comedos, pustules

albinism

skin doesn’t produce melanin

basal cell carcinoma

common cancer tumor, doesn’t metastasize

burn

skin dmg cs fire, electricity, UV rays chemicals

Rule of Nines = % of body burned

cellulitis

infection of connective tissue

cicatrix

scar

decubitus ulcer

open sore cs pressure over bony prominences blocks blood flow (decub)

pressure ulcer

dermatitis

skin inflammation

dry gangrene

late stages of gangrene

dried, black, shriveled

eczema

superficial dermatitis

gangrene

tissue necrosis cs no blood flow

ichthyosis

skin turns dry, scaly, and keratinized

impetigo

increased infectious bacterial infection w pustules that rupture

Kaposi’s sarcoma

skin cancer in AIDS

brownish, purplish lesions

keloid

thick, hypertrophic scar