Weber State University: Medical Terminology Exam 2

allo-

other/different/different member of same species

chemo-

using chemicals

cryo-

using cold

e- ec- ex-

out/off/from/beyond

homo-

same

in-

in/into

neo-

new

par- para-

beside/near

xeno-

stranger/ different species

xero-

dry

abrasion

scraping off skin

acne

skin eruption

actin

ray or beam

aden

gland

albin/o

the color white

alopec

bald

amine

chemical group containing nitrogen

andro

male

angi/o

vessel

bili

bile

carot

carrot/color orange

caut

burn

cer/at

horn

cicatrix

scar

circ

a ring/circle

cision

cut

comedo

waxy secretion of skin

cori/a

leather/skin

corn

horn

crust

crust/rind

crypt

hidden/concealed

cub

lie down

cutan/e/o

skin

cyan

the color blue

desicc

dry

ecchymosis

bleeding under the skin

erosion

gnawing away

erythr/o

red

esthe

sensation/perception

fissure

deep crack

glabr

smooth

graft

transfer of tissue from one place to another

gran

grain

hidr/hidra/hidro

sweat

hist/o

tissue

ichthy

fish

impetigo

skin eruption

incision

cut

jaun

yellow

kel

claw

kerat/o

horn/hard

leuk/o

white

lith

stone

lun

moon

macer

soften

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

myring/o

eardrum

necr

dead

nevus

mole/freckle

nidus

rest

nod/e

knot

onych/o

nail/little claw

ops

seeing/appearance

pachy

thick

pap/papilla

nipple

permeable

able to be penetrated

petechia

small red spots on skin

pheo

gray/dark in color

pigment

coloring agent

pil/o

hair

plaque

sticky deposit

plas/tic

something molded

prur/is

itch

pruritic

something that causes an itch

psora

itch

ras

scrape

regulat/e

control/maintain

rhino

nose

rhytid/o

wrinkle

rub

red

scale

scale

scess

going

scler/o

hard

seb/seba/sebo/sebum

waxy secretion from skin gland

sens

sensation/perception

septic

filled with microorganisms

sicc

dry

some

body

squam

shape wider than it is high

steat/o

fatty

suction

using negative pressure

surgery

using tools to alter structure of the body

sweat

perspiration

tect

roof

therapy

treatment to make something better

thermo

temperature

tinea

fungal infection

top

place

trich/o

hair