Chapter 6 Med Term

cut/o; cutane/o; derm/o; dermat/o; -derm

skin

cori/o

skin, dermis

pell/o

skin

sarc/o

flesh, muscle

carn/o

flesh

cre/o; creat/o

flesh, muscle

histi/o; hist/o

tissue

strat/o

layer

thel/o; -thele, papill/o

nipple, nipple-like structure

kerat/o; cerat/o

horn, hard, horn-like, keratin, cornea

corne/o; corn/o

horn, hard, horn-like, cornea

pil/o, trich/o; -thrix

hair

follicul/o

little bag, follicle

ungu/o, onych/o

fingernail, toenail, claws, talon, hoof

hidr/o; sud/o; sudor/o

sweat

seb/o

sebum

stear/o; steat/o

sebum, fat

lip/o; adip/o

fat

helc/o; ulcer/o

ulcer

macul/o

macule, spot

nev/o

mole

verruc/o

wart

cicatric/o

scar

nod/o; nodul/o

knot-like, node nodule

pustul/o

pustule

papul/o

papule

comed/o

pimple, blackhead, whitehead

urtic/o

wheal, hive

furuncul/o

furuncle, boil

cyst/o

cyst, sac, bladder

vesic/o

bladder, vesicle

vesicul/o

vesicle, small blister

bull/o

bulla, large blister

purpur/o

purpura, purple

ecchym/o

broad bruising, ecchymosis

petechi/o

petechia, red spots

tele-

distant

tel/o

end, complete, purpose

melan/o; nigr/o

black, dark

leuc/o; leuk/o; alb/o; albin/o

white

pallid/o

pale, globus pallidus

erythr/o

red

erythem/o

erythema, a redness of skin

rubr/o

red

xanth/o

yellow

flav/o

yellow (bright yellow)

crypt/o

hidden, covered, secret

ichthy/o

fish, fish-like

lepid/o

scaly

squam/o; squamat/o

scale, scaly

lepr/o

leprosy, scaly

xer/o; sicc/o

dry

psor/o; psorias/o

itch, psoriasis

scabi/o

scabies (caused by mites)

prurit/o

severe itch

exanthem/o

rash

anth/o

flower

herpet/o

reptile, herpes 9spreading blisters)

lup/o

wolf, lupus

pedicul/o

louse, lice

necr/o

dead, dead tissue

myc/o; mycet/o

fungus, mold

carcin/o

cancer, crab-like, crab

cancr/o

ulver (rapidly spreading)

onc/o; -oncus

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

tum/o

tumor, swelling

py/o

pus

pur/o; purul/o

pus, consisting of pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

rug/o

crease, fold

all/o

other, different, abnormal

heter/o

different, other

aut/o

self, same

hom/o; home/o

same, like

is/o

equal

xen/o

foreign

cosm/o; cosmet/o

universe, world, beautification, cosmetic

-plasty

surgical reconstruction

-graft

tissue transplant