Dermatology Vocabulary
Medical Terminology: Integumentary System and General Terms
Prefixes and Root Words
- aden/o: gland
- adip/o: fat
- cutane/o: skin
- derm/o, dermat/o: skin
- hidr/o: sweat
- kerat/o: keratin, hard, or hornlike
- lip/o: fat
- melan/o: melanin or black
- onych/o: nail
- py/o: pus
- seb/o: sebum or oil
- trich/o: hair
- ungu/o: nail
- bi/o: life
- carcin/o: cancer
- chem/o: chemical
- cry/o: cold
- erythr/o: red
- ichthy/o: scaly
- leuk/o: white
- myc/o: fungus
- necr/o: death
- pedicul/o: lice
- scler/o: hardening
- vesic/o: bladder or sac
- xanth/o: yellow
- xer/o: dry
Suffixes
- -al: pertaining to
- -cle: small
- -cyte: cell
- -derma: skin condition
- -ectomy: surgical removal
- -genic: producing
- -ia: condition
- -iasis: abnormal condition
- -ic: pertaining to
- -itis: inflammation
- -logist: one who studies
- -logy: study of
- -malacia: abnormal softening
- -megaly: enlarged
- -oid: resembling
- -oma: tumor or mass
- -opsy: view of
- -ose: pertaining to
- -osis: abnormal condition
- -ous: pertaining to
- -pathy: disease
- -phagia: eating or swallowing
- -plasty: surgical repair
- -rrhea: discharge
- -sclerosis: hardening
- -tic: pertaining to
- -tome: instrument to cut
Prefixes (Position/Quantity)
- an-: without
- epi-: above
- hyper-: excessive
- hypo-: below or insufficient
- intra-: within
- pachy-: thick
- per-: through
- sub-: under
- trans-: across
Integumentary System & Glandular Terms
- adenectomy: surgical removal of a gland
- adenitis: inflammation of a gland
- adenoma: tumor or mass of a gland
- adenopathy: disease of a gland
- adenomegaly: enlarged gland
- adipose: pertaining to fat
- adipic: pertaining to fat
- adipocyte: fat cell
- adipoma: tumor or mass of fat
- cutaneous: pertaining to the skin
- subcutaneous: under the skin
- percutaneous: through the skin
- ichthyoderma: scaly skin condition
- scleroderma: hardening skin condition
- xanthoderma: yellow skin condition
- xeroderma: dry skin condition
- pachyderma: thick skin condition
- erythroderma: red skin condition
- pyoderma: pus skin condition
- leukoderma: white skin condition
- dermal: pertaining to the skin
- dermic: pertaining to the skin
- epidermal: pertaining to above the skin
- intradermal: pertaining to within the skin
- hypodermic: pertaining to below the skin
- transdermal: pertaining to across the skin
- dermatitis: inflammation of the skin
- dermatology: study of the skin
- dermatologist: one who studies the skin
- dermatosis: abnormal skin condition
- dermatoplasty: surgical repair of the skin
- dermatomycosis: fungus skin condition
- dermatopathy: disease of the skin
- dermatosclerosis: hardening of the skin
- hidrosis: condition of sweat
- anhidrosis: without sweat condition
- hidradenitis: inflammation of a sweat gland
- hyperhidrosis: excessive sweat condition
- keratoderma: hard or hornlike skin condition
- keratosis: abnormal condition of keratin
- keratogenic: producing keratin
- lipectomy: surgical removal of fat
- lipoid: resembling fat
- lipoma: tumor or mass of fat
- lipocyte: fat cell
- melanoma: tumor or mass of melanin or black
- melanocyte: melanin or black cell
- melanotic: pertaining to melanin
- onychectomy: surgical removal of a nail
- onychitis: inflammation of a nail
- onychomalacia: abnormal softening of a nail
- onychomycosis: fungus condition of the nail
- onychophagia: nail eating or swallowing
- hyperonychia: excessive nail condition
- pyogenic: producing pus
- pyorrhea: discharge of pus
- seborrhea: discharge of sebum
- trichomycosis: fungus condition of the hair
- trichophagia: hair eating or swallowing
- ungual: pertaining to the nail
- subungual: pertaining to under the nail