The Integumentary System Medical Terminology - Health Science Theory

all definitions are from the textbook

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

albin/o

white

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

carcin/o

cancerous

caus/o

burning, burn

cauter/o

heat, burn

cis/o

cut

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

dema/a, dermat/o, derm/o

skin

diaphor/o

excessive sweat

ecchym/o

blood in the tissues/bruise

erythema/o, erythemat/o

flushed, redness

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

hist/o

tissue

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

immun/o

immune, protection, safe

integument/o

skin

jaund/o

yellow

kerat/o

horny, hard, cornea

lip/o

fat, liquid

melan/o

black, dark

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

fingernail or toenail

papill/o

nipple-like

pil/o

hair

prurit/o

itching

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

sclera, white of eye, hard

seb/o

sebum

squam/o

scale

steat/o

fat, lipid, sebum

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

xer/o

dry

a-, an-

no, not, without, away from, negative

auto-

self

e-, ex-

out of, from, outside, away from

epi-

above, upon, on

hyper-

excessive, increased

hypo-

deficient, decreased

in-

in, into, without

intra-

within, inside

para-

beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, a long side of

per-

excessive, through

sub-

under, less, below

-al, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin

-dermis

layer of tissue

-ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out, excision

-ema

condition

-esis

abnormal condition, disease

-esthesia

sensation, feeling

-iasis

abnormal condition, disease

-ion

action, process, state, or condition

-ism

condition, state of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, neoplasma

-opsy

vision, view of

-ose

full of, pertaining to, sugar

-osis

abnormal condition, disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-therapy

treatment

BP

Bell’s Palsy, bedpan, bathroom privileges, blood pressure

Bx

biopsy

cm

centimeter (1/100 meter)

CV

cardiovascular

GI

gastrointestinal

Hx

history

I & D

incision and drainage

L5 - S1

spine and back

NKA

no known allergies

NS

nephrotic syndrome, normal saline, not stated, not significant, not sufficient

OTC

over-the-counter

PCP

pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, primary care physician

PRN

as needed

Pt

patient, pint

RA

refractory anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, right arm, right atrium

SLE

St. Louis encephalitis, systemic lupus erythematosus

SOB

shortness of breath

y/o

year(s) old