Ch 3 (integumnetary med. term) part 1

Combining Forms aden/o (gland) adip/o (fat) albin/o (white) aut/o (self) bi/o (life) coni/o (dust) cry/o (cold) crypt/o (hidden) cutane/o (skin) cyan/o (blue) derm/o (skin) dermat/o (skin) erythr/o (red) erythemat/o (redness) fibr/o (fibrous tissues) heter/o (other) hidr/o (sweat) kerat/o (hard, horny tissue, keratin) lei/o (smooth) leuk/o (white) lip/o, lipid/o (fat) melan/o (black) myc/o (fungus) necr/o (death) onych/o (nail) pachy/o (thick) pil/o (hair) py/o (pus)rhytid/o (wrinkles) sclera/o (hardening) seb/o (sebum) staphyl/o (grapelike clusters) steat/o (fat, sebum) strept/o (twisted chains) ungu/o (nail) xanth/o (yellow) xer/o (dryness, dry)

Suffixes -a (no meaning, noun ending) -al (pertaining to) -ad (toward) -coccus (berry-shaped) -cyte (cell) -ectomy (excision) -gen (substance that produces/causes, agent that produces/causes) -genic (producing, originating, causing) -ia (condition of, diseased state, abnormal state) -ic (pertaining to) -itis (inflammation) -ior (pertaining to) -logy (study of) -logist (specialist who studies and treats) -malacia (softening) -megaly (enlarged, enlargement) -oid (resembling) -oma (tumor, swelling)-opsy (view of, process of viewing, viewing) -orrhea (flow, excessive discharge) -osis (abnormal condition, increased numbers relating to blood) -ous (pertaining to) -pathy (disease) -phagia (eating, swallowing) -plasia (development, growth, condition of formation) -plasm (growth, substance, formation) -plasty (surgical repair) -rrhea (flow, discharge) -sis (state of) -stasis (stop, controlling, standing) -tome (instrument used to cut)

biopsy (bx) (BĪ-op-sē) dermatitis (dĕr-mă-TĪT-ĭs) dermatoautoplasty (dĕr-mă-tō-AW-tō-plăs-tē) dermatoconiosis (dĕr-mă-tō-kō-nē-Ō-sĭs)dermatofibroma (dĕr-mă-tō-fī-BRŌ-mă) dermatoheteroplasty (dĕr-mă-tō-HĔT-ĕr-ō-plăs-tē) dermatologist (dĕr-mă-TŎL-ō-jĭst) dermatology (derm) (dĕr-mă-TŎL-ō-jē) dermatome (DĔR-mă-tōm) dermatoplasty (DĔR-măt-ō-plas-tē) epidermal (ĕp-ĭ-DĔR-mal) erythroderma (ĕ-rith-rŏ-DĔR-mă) hidradenitis (hi-dra-ĕn-ĪT-ĭs) hypodermic (hī-pō-DĔR-mĭk) intradermal (ID) (in-tră-DĔR-măl) keratogenic (kĕr-ă-TŎJ-ĕ-nŭk) keratosis (ker-ă-TŌ-sĭs) leiodermia (lī-ō-DĔR-mē-ă) leukoderma (loo-kŏ-DĔR-mă) necrosis (nĕ-KRŌ-sĭs) onychocryptosis (ŏn-ĭ-kō-krip-TŌ-sis) onychomalacia (ŏn-ĭ-kō-mă-LĀ-shă) onychomycosis (on-i-kō-mī-KŌ-sĭs) onychophagia (ŏn-ĭ-KŎF-ă-jē) pachyderma (pak-ē-DĔR-mă) paronychia (păr-ō-NĬK-ē-ă) percutaneous (pĕr-kū-TĀ-nē-ŭs) rhytidectomy (rit-ĭ-DEK-tŏ-mē) rhytidoplasty (RĬT-ĭ-dō-plăs-tē) seborrhea (sĕb-or-Ē-ă) staphylococcus (staph) (staf-ĭ-lō-KOK-ŭs) streptococcus (strep) (strep-tŏ-KOK-ŭs) subcutaneous (subcut, Sub-Q) (sŭb-kū-TĀ-nē-ŭs)subungual (sŭb-ŬNG-gwăl) transdermal (TD) (trănz-DĔRM-ăl) ungual (ŬNG-gwăl) xeroderma (zer-ŏ-DĔR-mă) xerosis (zĕ-RŌ-sĭs)

abrasion (ă-BRĀ-zhŏn) abscess (AB-ses) acne (AK-nē) adipocytes (AD-ĭ-pō-sīts) adipose (AD-ĭ-pōs) albinism (AL-bĭ-nizm) apocrine sweat gland (AP-ŏ-krĕn swet gland) autonomic (ot-ŏ-NOM-ik) bacteria, bacterium (bak-TĒR-ē, bak-TĒR-ē-ŭm) basal cell carcinoma (BCC) (BĀ-săl sel kar-sĭn-Ō-ma) benign (bē-NĪN) cancer (KAN-sĕr) cauterize, cauterization (KAW-tĕr-īz) cellulitis (sel-yŭ-LĪT-ĭs) contusion (kŏn-TOO-zhŏn) cyanosis (sī-ă-NŌ-sĭs) cyst (sist) debride, debridement (di-BRĒD, di-BRĒD-mĕnt) dehydration (dē-hī-DRĀ-shŏn) dendritic cells (den-DRIT-ik) dermabrasion (DĔRM-ă-brā-zhŏn)dermis (DĔR-mĭs) diaphoresis (dī-ă-fŏ-RĒ-sĭs) eccrine sweat gland (ĔK-rĭn swet gland) eczema (eg-ZĒ-mă) edema (ĕ-DĒ-mă) excise, excision (ĕk-SĪZ, ek-SIZH-ŏn) fascia (FASH-ē-ă) frostbite (FROST-bīt) gangrene (GANG-grēn) incise, incision (in-SĪZ, in-SIZH-ŏn) incision and drainage (I&D) (in-SIZH-ŏn & DRĀN-ăj) infection (in-FEK-shŏn) jaundice, jaundiced (JON-dĭs, JON-dĭsd) keloid (KĒ-loyd) keratin (KER-ăt-ĭn) keratinocyte (kĕ-RĂT-ĭ-nō-sīt) laceration (las-ĕ-RĀ-shŏn) laser surgery (LĀ-zĕr SŬRJ-ĕ-rē) lesion (lĒ-zhŏn) leukoplakia (loo-kō-PLĀ-kē-ă) macule (MAK-ūl) Meissner corpuscle (MĪS-nĕr KOR-pŭs-ĕl) melanoma (mel-ă-NŌ-mă) metastasize (mĕ-TĂS-tă-sīz) nevus (NĒ-vŭs) nodule (NOJ-ool) pallor (PĂL-or) Pacinian corpuscle (pă-SIN-ē-ăn KOR-pŭs-ĕl) pallor (PĂL-or)pathogens (path-Ŏ-jĕns) phagocytes (făg-ō-SĬTS) pruritus (proo-RĪT-ŭs) psoriasis (sŏ-RĪ-ă-sĭs) pustule (PŬS-tūl) reticulated (rĕ-TIK-yŭ-lāt-ĕd) rickets (RIK-ĕts) scar (skăr) sebaceous gland (sē-BĀ-shŭs gland) squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (SKWĀ-mŭs sel kar-sĭn-Ō-mă) stratum basale (STRĀ-tŭm BĀS-al) suture (SOO-chŭr) sympathetic (sĭm-pă-THĔT-ĭk) Sympathetic Nervous System (sĭm-pă-THĔT-ĭk NĔR-vŭs SIS-tĕm) tinea (TIN-ē-ă) vascularized (VAS-kyŭ-lă-rīzd) verruca (vĕr-ROO-kă) virus (VĪ-rŭs)