Med Term Unit 3

aden/o

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

albin/o

white

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

carcin/o

cancer

caus/o

burn; burning; heat (feeling)

cauter/o

heat; burn (process)

chrom/o

color

cis/o

to cut

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

ecchym/o

blood in tissues

erythem/o, erythemat/o

redness

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

hist/o

tissue

ichthy/o

dry; scaly

immun/o

immune; protection

integument/o

covering

jaund/o

yellow

kerat/o

hard, horn-shaped tissue

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

nail

papill/o

nipple-like

pil/o

hair; hair follicle

prurit/o

itching

psor/o

itching

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

hardening

seb/o

sebum (oil secretion)

squam/o

scale

steat/o

fat; sebum

therm/o

hot; heat

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

xanth/o

yellow; yellowish

xen/o

foreign; unlike species

xer/o

dry

a-, an-

not; without

auto-

self

e-, ex-

out; away from

epi-

on; over; upon

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

in-

in; into; not

intra-

within; into

para-

near; beside; alongside beyond; abnormal

per-

through

sub-

below

-a; -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin

-dermis

skin

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-ema

condition

-esis

action; condition; state of

-esthesia

feeling; sensation

-genesis

formation

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ion

process; state; condition

-ism

process; condition

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor; mass

-opsy

view of; viewing

-ose

full of; pertaining to; sugar

-osis

process; abnormal condition

-phagia

eating; swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow; excessive discharge

-therapy

treatment

-tome

instrument that cuts thin sections

adipocytes

cell that specializes in forming/storing fat

collagen

most abundant protein in the body. interwoven elastic protein fibers

dermis

thickest/middle layer. living tissue composed of blood/lymph vessels'/nerve fibers (contains collagen fibers)

epidermis

thin/outer cellular membrane layer. composed of squamous epithelium. arranged in strata. constantly renewing itself

keratin

90% of cells in the epidermis. 3-4 wks after being a basal cell in deep sectino of epidermis, the formed cells come off of the skin

melanocytes

cells that contain black pigment. vital for protection against UV radiation (potential cancer). basal layer of epidermis

sebum

oil/waxy material that lubricates/waterproofs the skin (everywhere except palm/soles/lips) (spreads via hair shaft)

squamous cell

cells located in the epidermis (some in the dermis)

subcutaneous (hypodermis) layer

adipocytes. heat insulator/protects deeper tissue

acne

inflammatory disorder of the sebaceous glands that produces pimples on the skin

albinism

inherited condition that prevents the normal production of melanin (pale skin and white hair)

alopecia

hair loss from genetics, aging, illness, or medicine

cicatrix

scar left by healed wound

cyanosis

blue/purple discoloration of skin (poor circulation or blood oxygen)

ecchymosis

black/blue/purple bruise from ruptured blood vessels

eczema (dermatitis)

acute/chronic inflammatory skin disease (itchiness/erythema/edema)

gangrene

death (necrosis) of tissue due to loss of blood supply then bacterial infection