Integumentary System word parts

Prefixes, sufixes and Combining forms

a-

absence of, meaning

bi-

two or both

dia-

through,  complete

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal, labored

epi-

upon, on, over

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

deficient, below, under, incomplete

intra-

within, in

meta-

change, beyond, after

neo-

new

para-

beside, around, beyond, abnormal

per-

through

pro-

before

sub-

under, below

trans-

through, across, beyond

uni-

one

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

albin/o

white

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

coni/o

dust

dry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

cutene/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

erythr/o

red

erthemat/o

redness

fubr/o

fibrous tissues

hetr/o

other

hidr/o

sweat

kerat/o

hard,horny tissue, keratin

lei/o

smooth

leuk/o

white

lip/o , lipid/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

nail

pachy/o

thick

pil/o

hair

py/o

pus

ryhtid/o

wrinkles

sclera/o

hardening

seb/o

sebum

staphyl/o

grapelife clusters

steat/o

fat, sebum

strept/o

twisted chains

ungu/o

nail

xanth/o

yellow

xer/o

dryness, dry

-a

no meaning, noun ending

-al

pertaining to

-ad

toward

-coccus

berry shaped

-ectomy

excision

-cyte

cell

-gen

substance that produces/causes, agent that produces/causes

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-ia

condion of, diseased state, abnormal state

-ic

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-ior

pertaining to

-logy

study of

-malacia

softening

-megaly

englarged, enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, swelling

-opsy

view of, process of viewing, viewing

-orrhea

flow, excessive discharge

-osis

abnormal condition, increased numbers relating to blood

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasia

development, growth, conditon of formation

-plasm

growth, substance, formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sis

state of

-stasis

stop, controlling, standing

-tome

instrument used to cut