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albin/o

white

cauter/o

to burn

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

electr/o

electricity

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

ichthy/o

scaly, dry

kerat/o

hard, horny

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

nail

pedicul/o

lice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

sarc/o

flesh

scler/o

hard

seb/o

oil

system/o

system

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

vesic/o

bladder

xer/o

dry

-derma

skin condition

allo-

other, different from usual

xeno-

foreign

angi/o

vessel

bas/o

the base

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cauter/o

to burn

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

cortic/o

outer layer

cyt/o

cell

esthesi/o

feeling

hem/o

blood

onych/o

nail

phot/o

light

rhytid/o

wrinkle

sarc/o

flesh

septic/o

infection

-al

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-ia

state, condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-oma

mass or tumor

-opsy

view of

-osis

abnormal condition

-ous

pertaining to

-phagia

eat, swallow

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge

-tic

pertaining to

-tome

instrument to cut

-ule

small

allo-

other

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

de-

without

epi-

above

ex-

outward

xeno-

foreign

cutaneous

pertaining to the skin

dermal

pertaining to the skin

dermic

pertaining to the skin

epidermal

pertaining to above the skin

hypodermic

pertaining to below the skin

intradermal

pertaining to within the skin

ungual

pertaining to the nail

abrasion

friction scraping away skin surface

anhidrosis

condition of producing no sweat

bulla

a large blister

comedo

hardened sebum in hair follicle; blackhead

contusion

injury caused by a blow; causes swelling, pain, and bruising

cyst

fluid-filled sac under skin

depigmentation

loss of normal skin color

diaphoresis

profuse sweating

ecchymosis

blood collecting under skin following blunt trauma; a bruise

erythema

red flushing of skin

erythroderma

having reddened or flushed skin

eschar

thick layer of dead tissue over a deep burn area

fissure

crack-like lesion on the skin

hirsutism

excessive hair growth

hyperemia

redness of skin due to increased blood flow

hyperpigmentation

abnormal amount of pigmentation

lesion

general term for an injury or abnormality