Ch. 16 Skin Terminology Flashcards
1
Q
adip/o
A
fat
2
Q
albin/o
A
white
3
Q
caus/o
A
burn
burning
4
Q
cauter/o
A
heat
burn
5
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
6
Q
derm/o
dermat/o
A
skin
7
Q
diaphor/o
A
profuse sweating
8
Q
erythema/o
erythemat/o
A
redness
9
Q
hidr/o
A
sweat
10
Q
ichthy/o
A
dry
scaly
(fish-like)
11
Q
kerat/o
A
hard
12
Q
leuk/o
A
white
13
Q
lip/o
A
fat
14
Q
melan/o
A
black
15
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
16
Q
onych/o
A
nail
17
Q
phyt/o
A
plant
18
Q
pil/o
A
hair
hair follicle
19
Q
py/o
A
pus
20
Q
rhytid/o
A
wrinkle
21
Q
seb/o
A
sebum
22
Q
squam/o
A
scale-like
23
Q
steat/o
A
fat
24
Q
trich/o
A
hair
25
ungu/o
nail
26
xanth/o
yellow
27
xer/o
dry
28
ABCDE
```
asymmetry
border
color
diameter
evolution
```
29
Bx
biopsy
30
DLE
discoid lupus erythematosus
31
PPD
purified protein derivative
| used in TB skin test
32
PUVA
psoralen
| ultraviolet A light therapy for psoriasis
33
SLE
systemic lupus erythematosus
34
SC
subcutaneous
35
anthrac/o
black
| as coal
36
chlor/o
green
37
cirrh/o
tawny yellow
38
cyan/o
blue
39
eosin/o
rosy
40
erythr/o
red
41
jaund/o
yellow
42
leuk/o
white
43
lute/o
yellow
44
poli/o
gray
