Integumentary, Muscular, and Skeletal System

A-, an-

without

Auto-

self

Ec-

out

De-

down

Ex-

out

Hyper-

excessive

Hypo-

under

Intra-

within

Par-

next to

Sub-

below

albin/o

white

caus/o

burn, burning

cutane/o

skin

derm/o

skin

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

icter/o

jaundice

kel/o

tumor

kerat/o

horn

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

onych/o

nail

pachy/o

thick

pedicul/o

a louse

plak/o

plate

prurit/o

itching

rthytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

hard, hardening

seb/o

oil

therm/o

hot, heat

trich/o

hair

vuls/o

to pull

xanth/o

yellow

xer/o

dry

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-on

pertaining to

-us

pertaining to

-derma

skin

-ary

pertaining to

-esthesia

sensation

-graft

grafting knife

-ia

condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ism

condition

-ist

one who specializes

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-ectasia

dilatation

-oid

resemble

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-ous

pertaining to

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow

-tome

to cut

Basal cell carcinoma

BCC

Bx

biopsy

Decub

decubitus

ID

intraderma

SCC

squamous cell carcinoma

PPD

purified protein derivative

Skin graft

SG

Staph

staphylococcus

Strep

Streptococcus

Topical immunomodulators

TIMs

A-

lack of

Ab-

away

Ad-

toward

Ant-

against

Bi-

two

Brady-

slow

Con-

with

Dia-

through

Dys-

difficult

In-

into

Intra-

within

Hydro-

water

Quadri-

four

Syn-

with, together

Tri-

three

agon/o

agony, a contest

amputat/o

to cut through

brachi/o

arm

cleid/o

clavicle

duct/o

to lead

fasci/o

a band

fibr/o

fiber

is/o

equal

metr/o

to measure

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

path/o

disease

prosth/e

an addition

rhabd/o

rod

rotat/o

to turn

sarc/o

flesh

synov/o

synovial