Medical Terminology - Chapter 5 (Vocabulary)

Adiposis (adip/osis)

abnormal condition of fat

Cryotherapy (cry/o/therapy)

use of cold in the treatment (of disease)

Dermatology (dermat/o/logy)

study of the skin (and its disease)

Dermatologist (dermat/o/logist)

specialist in the study of skin (and its disease)

Dermatoplasty (dermat/o/plasty)

surgical repair of the skin

Hyperhidrosis (hyper/hidr/osis)

excessive or profuse sweating

Ichthyosis (ichthy/osis)

abnormal condition of dry or scaly skin

Keratosis (kerat/osis)

abnormal condition of horny tissue

Melanoma (melan/oma)

black tumor

Onychomalacia (onych/o/malacia)

softening of the nails

Pyoderma (py/o/derma)

pus in the skin

Scleroderma (scler/o/derma)

hardening of the skin

Seborrhea (seb/o/rrhea)

discharge of sebum

Squamous (squam/ous)

pertaining to scales (or covered with scales)

Steatitis (steat/itis)

inflammation in fatty (adipose) tissue

Sudoresis (sudor/esis)

profuse sweating

Trichoplasty (trich/o/plasty)

disease involving the hair

Xeroderma (xer/o/derma)

dry skin

Xenograft (xen/o/graft)

skin transplantation from a foreign donor (usually a pig) for a human; also called a heterograft