TLM chap 16 skin

The language of Medicine Chapter 16 Skin

albin/o

white

cause/o, cauter/o

burn; burning

cutane/o

skin

diaphor/o, hidr/

sweat

erythem/o

red

erythemat/o

flushed; redness

ichthy/o, xer/o

dry; scaly

kerat/o

cornea; hard, horny tissue

lip/o

fat (a type of lipid)

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

onych/o, ungu/o

nail (of fingers or toes)

phyt/o

plant

pil/o, trich/o

hair

rhytid

wrinkle

seb/o, sebace/o, steat/o

sebum

squam/o

scale

xanth/o

yellow

-esis

action; condition; state of

-ose

full of; pertaining to; sugar

-plakia

plaque