Dermatology Vocabulary

Flashcards for dermatology prefixes, suffixes, and terms.

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

cutane/o

skin

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

hidr/o

sweat

kerat/o

keratin, hard, or hornlike

lip/o

fat

melan/o

melanin or black

onych/o

nail

py/o

pus

seb/o

sebum or oil

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

chem/o

chemical

cry/o

cold

erythr/o

red

ichthy/o

scaly

leuk/o

white

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

pedicul/o

lice

scler/o

hardening

vesic/o

bladder or sac

xanth/o

yellow

xer/o

dry

-al

pertaining to

-cle

small

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin condition

-ectomy

surgical removal

-genic

producing

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ic

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor or mass

-opsy

view of

-ose

pertaining to

-osis

abnormal condition

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-phagia

eating or swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-tic

pertaining to

-tome

instrument to cut

an-

without

epi-

above

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below or insufficient

intra-

within

pachy-

thick

per-

through

sub-

under

trans-

across

adenectomy

surgical removal of a gland

adenitis

inflammation of a gland

adenoma

tumor or mass of a gland

adenopathy

disease of a gland

adenomegaly

enlarged gland

adipose

pertaining to fat

adipic

pertaining to fat

adipocyte

fat cell

adipoma

tumor or mass of fat

cutaneous

pertaining to the skin

subcutaneous

under the skin

percutaneous

through the skin

ichthyoderma

scaly skin condition

scleroderma

hardening skin condition

xanthoderma

yellow skin condition

xeroderma

dry skin condition

pachyderma

thick skin condition

erythroderma

red skin condition

pyoderma

pus skin condition

leukoderma

white skin condition

dermal

pertaining to the skin

dermic

pertaining to the skin

epidermal

pertaining to above the skin

intradermal

pertaining to within the skin

hypodermic

pertaining to below the skin

transdermal

pertaining to across the skin

dermatitis

inflammation of the skin

dermatology

study of the skin

dermatologist

one who studies the skin

dermatosis

abnormal skin condition

dermatoplasty

surgical repair of the skin

dermatomycosis

fungus skin condition

dermatopathy

disease of the skin

dermatosclerosis

hardening of the skin

hidrosis

condition of sweat

anhidrosis

without sweat condition

hidradenitis

inflammation of a sweat gland