Ch. 16 Skin Terminology Flashcards
adip/o
fat
albin/o
white
caus/o
burn
burning
cauter/o
heat
burn
cutane/o
skin
derm/o
dermat/o
skin
diaphor/o
profuse sweating
erythema/o
erythemat/o
redness
hidr/o
sweat
ichthy/o
dry
scaly
(fish-like)
kerat/o
hard
leuk/o
white
lip/o
fat
melan/o
black
myc/o
fungus
onych/o
nail
phyt/o
plant
pil/o
hair
hair follicle
py/o
pus
rhytid/o
wrinkle
seb/o
sebum
squam/o
scale-like
steat/o
fat
trich/o
hair
ungu/o
nail
xanth/o
yellow
xer/o
dry
ABCDE
asymmetry border color diameter evolution
Bx
biopsy
DLE
discoid lupus erythematosus
PPD
purified protein derivative
used in TB skin test
PUVA
psoralen
ultraviolet A light therapy for psoriasis
SLE
systemic lupus erythematosus
SC
subcutaneous
anthrac/o
black
as coal
chlor/o
green
cirrh/o
tawny yellow
cyan/o
blue
eosin/o
rosy
erythr/o
red
jaund/o
yellow
leuk/o
white
lute/o
yellow
poli/o
gray