Medical Terminology Jones McGraw Hill Chapter 3

adip/o

fat

lip/o

fat

steat/o

fat

cutaneo/o

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

pil/o

hair

trich/o

hair

hidr/o

sweat

squam/o

scale

onych/o

nail

ungu/o

nail

seb/o

oil

sebace/o

oil

crypt/o

hidden

ichthy/o

scaly

kerat/o

hard, horny

pachy/o

thick

xer/o

dry

rhytid/o

wrinkle

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

alb/o

white

melan/o

black

abrasion

scraping away of skin

albinism

lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white

albino

a person afflicted with albinism

alopecia

baldness

anhidrosis

lack of sweating

comedo

a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (black heads, white heads)

cyandirosis

blue sweat

depigmentation

loss of pigmentation

dermatalgia

skin pain

dermatolysis

loose skin

erytherma

redness

erythroderma

red skin

hermatathidrosis

sweating blood

hidropoiesis

the formation of sweat

hyperhidrosis

excessive sweating

hyperkerotosis

excessive growth of horny skin

hypermelanosis

excessive melanin in the skin

hyperpigmentation

excessive pigment in the skin

hypohidrosis

diminished sweating

hypomelanosis

diminished melanin in the skin

hypopigmentation

diminished pigment in the skin

leukoderma

white skin

macerate

to soften the skin

onychophagia

eating or biting nails

pruritus

an itch

rhytidermia

crinkled skin

sebopoiesis

formation of oil (sebum)

seborrhea

discharge of oil (sebum)

tricholmegaly

abnormally thick hair

urticarnia

swollen raised itchy arms of the skin

xanthoderma

yellow skin

xeroderma

dry skin

xerosis

condition of dryness

macule/macula

small, flat discolored area

patch

larger, flat discolored area

papule

a small solid mass

plaque

a solid mass on the surface of the skin

nodule

a solid mass that extends deeper into the skin

tumor

a large solid mass

vesicle

a small blister

bulla

a large blister

pustule

a pus-filled blister

abscess

a localized collection of pus in the body

erosion

loss of skin

ulcer

a sore

excoration

a scratch

fissure

a crack in the skin

scale

skin flaking

crust

a dried substance (blood pus) on the skin

vascular lesion

wounds related to blood vessels

cherry angioma

a small blood vessel tumor

telangiectasia (spider angloma)

the over expansion of the end of a blood vessel; sometimes called a spider angioma because of how it looks on the skin.

petechia

a small bruise

ecchymosis

a large bruise

cicatrix (plural cicatrices)

scar

keloid

overgrowth of scar tissue

epidermal tumors

tumors on the skin

nevus

mole

dysplastic

a mole with bad changes/ formations (often precancerous)

verucca

wart

culture sensitivity

growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs it might respond to

biopsy

removal of tissue to examine it (with your own two eyes)

excisional biopsy

removal of an entire lesion for examination (to cut it out)

incisional biopsy

removal of a portion of a lesion for examination (to cut into it)

dermatoscope

instrument to look at the skin

dermoscopy

procedure for looking at the skin

adipocele

a hernia filled with fatty tissue

dermatofibroma

a fibrous skin tumor

erythrocyanosis

a red and/or blue discoloration of the skin

keratogenic

causing horny tissue development

keratosis

horny tissue condition

necrosis

tissue death

onychia

a nail condition

onychocryptosis

an ingrown nail

onycholysis

the loss of a nail

onychomalacia

abnormal suffering of a nail