Integumentary System Terms

Adip/o

fat

Albin/o

white

Bi/o

life

Bas/o

base

Carcin/o

cancer

Cutane/o

skin

Cyan/o

blue

Dermat/o

skin

Erythr/o

red

Hidr/o

sweat

Ichthy/o

dry, scaly

Kerat/o

horny tissue; hard; cornea

Leuk/o

white

Lip/o

fat

Melan/o

black

Myc/o

fungus

Onych/o

nail

Py/o

pus

Scler/o

hardening

Seb/o

sebum (oil)

Trich/o

hair

Vesic/o

bladder

Xer/o

dry

-derma

skin

-ectomy

excision, removal

-ia

condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition

-opsy

to view

-oma

tumor, mass

-phagia

eating, swallowing

An-

without, not

Epi-

above, upon

Hyper-

excessive, above normal

Hypo-

under

Sub-

under, below

Cutaneous

pertaining to the skin

Dermal

pertaining to the skin

Epidermal

pertaining to upon the skin

Hypodermic

pertaining to under the skin

Cellulitis

diffuse (wise-spread) acute infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Subcutaneous

pertaining to under the skin

Ungual

pertaining to the nail

Intradermal

pertaining to within the skin

Cyanosis

bluish discoloration of the skin

Pruritus

severe itching