chapter 5 dermatology

medical terminology

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o

skin

hidr/o

sweat

kerat/o

keratin, hard, hornlike

lip/o

fat

melan/o

melanin, black

onych/o

nail

py/o

pus

seb/o

sebum, 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, sac

xanth/o

yellow

xer/o

dry

-al, -ic, -ose, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-cle

small

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin condition

-ectomy

surgical removal

-genic

producing

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

view of

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-tome

instrument to cut

an-

without

epi-

above

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below, insufficient

intra-

within

pachy-

thick

per-

through

sub-

under

trans-

across