med terms ch 3

albin/o

white

angi/o

vessel

bas/o

base

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cauter/o

to burn

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

cortic/o

outer layer

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

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

onych/o

nail

pedicul/o

lice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

sarc/o

flesh

scler/o

hard

seb/o

oil

septic/o

infection

system/o

system

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

vesic/o

sac

xer/o

dry

\-al

pertaining to

\-derma

skin condition

\-ectomy

surgical removal

\-emia

blood condition

\-ia

state, condition

\-iasis

abnormal condition

\-ic

pertaining to

\-ism

state of

\-itis

inflammation

\-logy

study of

\-malacia

abnormal softening

\-oma

mass, tumor

\-opsy

view of

\-osis

abnormal condition

\-ous

pertaining to

\-phagia

eat, swallow

\-plasty

surgical repair

\-rrhea

discharge

\-tic

pertaining to

\-tome

instrument to cut

\-ule

small

allo-

other

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

de-

without

epi-

above

ex-

outward

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below

intra-

within

para-

beside

sub-

under

xeno-

foreign

cutaneous

pertaining to skin

dermal

pertaining to skin

dermic

pertaining to skin

epidermal

pertaining to above (upon) skin

hypodermic

pertaining to below skin

intradermal

pertaining to within skin

subcutaneous

pertaining to under skin

ungual

pertaining to nails

culture and sensitivity (C&S)

laboratory test that grows a colony of bacteria removed from infected area in order to identify specific infecting bacteria and then determine its sensitivity to a variety of antibiotics

biopsy (bx)

piece of tissue removed by syringe and needle, knife, punch, or brush to examine under a microscope; used to aid in diagnosis

excisional biopsy

entire suspicious area of tissue removed for examination

exfoliative cytology

scraping cells from tissue and then examining them under a microscope

frozen section (FS)

thin piece of tissue cut from frozen specimen for rapid examination under a microscope

fungal scrapings

scrapings, taken with curette or scraper, of tissue from lesions are placed on growth medium and examined under a microscope to identify fungal growth

punch biopsy

small cylinder of tissue is removed by an instrument that pierces through tissue like a hole punch

shave biopsy

using scalpel or razor to remove epidermis or dermis tissue elevated above surface of skin

allograft

skin graft from one person to another; donor is usually a cadaver; also called homograft (homo=same)

autograft

skin graft from person’s own body

dermatome

instrument for cutting skin or thin transplants of skin

dermatoplasty

skin grafting; transplantation of skin

skin graft (SG)

transfer of skin from normal area to cover another site; used to treat burn victims and after some surgical procedures; also called dermatoplasty

xenograft

skin graft from animal of another species (usually a pig) to a human; also called heterograft (hetero- = different)

cauterization

destruction of tissue by using caustic chemicals, electric currents, or by heating or freezing

cryosurgery

use of extreme cold to freeze and destroy tissue

curettage

removal of superficial skin lesions with curette (surgical instrument shaped like a spoon) or scraper