WANIC NA Medical Terminology Chapter 3

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

albin/o

=white

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

carcin/o

cancer

caus/o

burn, burning, heat

cauter/o

heat, burn

chrom/o

color

cis/o

to cut

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

ecchym/o

blood in the tissues

erythem/o, erythemat/o

redness

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

hist/o

tissue

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

immun/o

immune, protection

integument/o

covering

jaund/o

yellow

kerat/o

hard, horn shaped tissue

lip/o

fat

melon/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

nail

papill/o

nipple-like

pil/o

hair, hair follicle

prurit/o

itching

psor/o

itching

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

hardening

seb/o

sebum

squam/o

scale

steat/o

fat, sebum

therm/o

hot, heat

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

xanth/o

yellow, yellowish

xen/o

foreign, unlike species

xer/o

dry

a-, an-

not, without

auto-

self

e-, ex-

out, away from

epi-

on, over, upon

hyper-

above, above normal, excessive

hypo-

below, below normal, deficient

in-

in, into, not

intra-

within, into

para-

near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal

per-

through

sub-

below, under

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

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin

-dermis

skin

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-ema

condition

-esis

action, condition, state of

-esthesia

feeling, sensation

-genesis

formation

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ion

process, state, condition

-ism

process, condition

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

view of, viewing

-ose

full of, pertaining to, sugar

-osis

process, abnormal condition

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow, excessive discharge

-therapy

treatment

-tome

instrument used to cut thin sections

acne

inflammatory disorder of the sebaceous glands that produces pimples on the skin

albinism

an inherited condition that prevents the normal production of melanin, resulting in extremely pale skin and white hair

alopecia

hair loss that results from genetics, normal aging, illness, or drugs used to treat certain diseases

burns

injuries to skin tissue caused by prolonged heat contact

first-degree burn

a skin burn characterized by superficial epidermal injury; erythema, or redness; hyperesthesia, or increased sensitivity, especially to touch; and no blisters

second-degree burn

skin burn characterized by epidermal and dermal injury, erythema, blisters, and hyperesthesia

third-degree burn

skin burn in which the epidermis and dermis are destroyed; this type of burn produces severe hyperesthesia or anesthesia, depending on the degree of nerve damage

cicatrix

a scar left by a healed wound

cyanosis

blue or purple discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes due to insufficient blood oxygen or poor circulation (many circulatory and respiratory conditions produce cyanosis)

ecchymosis

black-and-blue or purplish bruise caused by ruptured blood vessels beneath the skin

eczema

acute or chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by erythema, itchiness, and edema, or swelling (also called dermatitis)

gangrene

necrosis, or death, of tissue due to loss of blood supply, followed by bacterial infection

keloid

an abnormally raised, thickened scar

impetigo

bacterial infection of the skin characterized by vesicles (small, fluid-filled sacs), pustules (small, pus-filed blisters), and crusted-over lesions

lesions, cancerous

an area of malignant (cancerous) tissues

basal cell carcinoma

commonly slow-growing, malignant tumor of the basal cell layer of the epidermis; seldom metastasizes, or spreads to other sites in the body

Kaposi’s sarcoma

malignant cancer that causes erythematous (red) or purplish patches in the lining of the mouth, nose, and throat or in other organs and tissues; a disease often seen in patients with AIDS