Medical Terminology: Skin, Body Structure, and Directions

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering dermatology terms, medical prefixes and suffixes, body structure, and directional terminology from the lecture notes.

acne

inflammation of hair follicles and gland

abscess

collection of pus

Psoriasis

chronic skin

cellulitis

bacterial skin infection

Impetigo

Contagious bacterial skin disease causing infection

Urticaria

Hives red, scaly plaques

vitiligo

LOSS OF Skin pigment

Herpes

Viral infection causing blisters

eczema

inflammatory Skin condition causing itching

Rosacea

Chronic Facial redness

Macule

red spots

papule

raised+red spots

Nodule

sold bumps

vesicle

small blister

Pustule

pus-filled

scabies

Skin infection caused by mites

Wheal

hives

Ulcer

open sone

cyst

Fluid-filled sac

Nevus

mole

verruca

wart

Tinea

Fungal infection (ringworm)

scler/o

hard

hidr/o

sweat

seb/o

oil, Sebum

kerat/o

hard tissue

staphyl/o

grape-like cluster

crypt/o

hidden

myc/o

fungus

strept/o

chains

rhytid/o

wrinkle

epi-

upon

intra-

within

para-

beside

per-

through

sub-

below

trans-

across

cutane/o

skin

onych/o

nail

ungul/o

nail

trich/o

hair

derm/o

Skin

pachy/o

thick

dermat/o

Skin

phag/o

eat, SWALLOW

xer/o

dry

-coccus

spherical bacteria

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ia

condition

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-phagia

eating

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge, Flow

Dermatitis

Skin inflammation

Dermatofibroma

Benign Skin tumor

Hydradenitis

inflammation of Sweat gland

Keratosis

Thickened skin growth

Onychocryptosis

Ingrown nail

onychomalacia

softening of nail

onychophagia

Nail biting

Pachyderma

Thick Skin

Paronychia

Condition around nail

Scleroderma

Hardening of Skin

Seborrhea

excessive oily

xanthoma

Yellow tumor

xeroderma

dry skin

Dermatologist

Skin specialist

Dermatology

Study of skin

Epidermal

pertaining to outer skin layer

Hypodermic

Below the skin

Dermatoplasty

Surgical repair of skin

Rhytidectomy

Surgical removal of wrinkle

Intradermal

within the skin

subcutaneous

under the skin

Transdermal (TD)

Through the skin

leukoderma

white skin

erythroderma

red skin

xerosis

dry skin

hyper-

above normal or excessive

hypo-

below normal or deficient

dys-

abnormal

micro-

small

Dx

Diagnosis

Tx

Treatment

Rx

Prescription

Px

Prognosis

Hx

History

cardio/o

heart

neur/o

nerve

gastr/o

stomach

CBC

complete blood count (measures red blood, white blood, Platelets)

-oma

tumor

-logy

Study of

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

CT

computed tomography

Biopsy (Bx)

removal of tissue from living patient

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white