Med Term: Integumentary System

albin/o

white

angi/o

vessel

bas/o

the base

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

electr/o

electricity

erythr/o

red

esthesi/o

feeling

hem/o

blood

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

onchy/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

-al

pertaining to

-derma

skin condition

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-ia

state, condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-malacia

softening

-oma

mass

-opsy

to view

-osis

abnormal condition

-ous

pertaining to

-phagia

eating

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge

-tic

pertaining to

-tome

instrument to cut

-ule

small

allo-

other

an-

withouut

anti-

against

auto-

self

de-

without

epi-

upon

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

under

intra-

within

para-

beside

sub-

under

xeno-

strange, foriegn

cutaneous (kyoo-TAY-nee-us)

pertaining to the skin

dermal (DER-mal)

pertaining to the skin

epidermal (ep-ih-DER-mal)

pertaining to upon the skin

hypodermic (high-poh-DER-mik)

pertaining to under the skin

intradermal (in-trah-DER-mal)

pertaining to within the skin

subcutaneous (sub-kyoo-TAY-nee-us)

pertaining to under the skin

ungual (UNG-gwal)

pertaining to the nails

BCC

basal cell carcinoma

BX, bx

biopsy

C&S

culture and sensitivity

decub

decubitus ulcer

Derm, derm

dermatology

FS

frozen section

I&D

incision and drainage

ID

intradermal

MM

malignant melanoma

SCC

squamous cell carcinoma

SG

skin graft

SLE

systemic lupus erythematosus

STSG

split-thickness skin graft

Subc, SubQ

subcutaneous

UV

ultraviolet