Ch 2 Dermatology Word Parts Flashcards by Breanna Chase

integument/o-

skin

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-ary

pertaining to

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cutane/o-

skin

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-ous

pertaining to

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epi-

above; upon

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derm/o-

skin

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-al

pertaining to

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theli/o-

cellular layer

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-um

period of time; structure

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squam/o-

scale-like cell

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kerat/o-

cornea; hard, fibrous protein

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-in

substance

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ex-

away from; out

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foli/o-

leaf

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-ation

being; having; process

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bas/o-

alkaline; base of a structure

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melan/o-

black

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-cyte

cell

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coll/a-

fibers that hold together

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-gen

that which produces

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elast/o-

flexing; stretching

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sebace/o-

oil; sebum

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ex/o-

away from; external; outward

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-crine

pertaining to secreting

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sudor/i-

sweat

fer/o-

bear

hidr/o-

sweat

dia-

complete; through

phor/o-

bear; carry; range

-esis

abnormal condition; process

per-

through; throughout

spir/o-

breathe; coil

trich/o-

hair

folli/o-

sac-like structure

-cle

small thing

ungu/o-

fingernail; toenail

onych/o-

fingernail; toenail

follicul/o-

follicle

-ar

pertaining to

pil/o-

hair

erect/o-

stand up

-ion

action; condition

lun/o-

moon

-ula

small thing

cut/i-

skin

sub-

below; underneath; less than

adip/o-

fat

-ose

full of

lip/o-

fat; lipid

-cyte

cell

protect/o-

defend; protect

nosocomi/o-

hospital

sens/o-

feeling

-tome

area with distinct edges; instrument used to cut

synth/o-

put together

therm/o-

heat

regulat/o-

control

home/o-

same

-stasis

standing still; staying in one place

coll/a-

fibers that hold together

seb/o-

oil; sebum

-itis

infection of; inflammation of

hem/o-

blood

-rrhage

excessive discharge; excessive flow

extra-

outside

vas/o-

blood vessel; vas deferens

contus/o-

bruising

ecchym/o-

blood in the tissue

-osis

abnormal condition; process

-oma

mass; tumor

hemat/o-

blood

fiss/o-

splitting

-ure

result of; system

vesic/o-

bladder; fluid-filled sac

vesicul/o-

fluid-filled sac

ne/o-

new

-plasm

formed substance; growth

malign/o-

cancer

-ant

pertaining to

prurit/o-

itching

xer/o-

dry

albin/o-

white

-ism

disease from a specific cause; process

cyan/o-

blue

-tic

pertaining to

erythemat/o-

redness

jaund/o-

yellow

-ice

quality; state

an-

not; without

icter/o-

jaundice

necr/o-

dead body; dead tissue

gangren/o-

gangrene

de-

reversal of; without

pigment/o-

pigment

abras/o-

scrape off

esthes/o-

feeling; sensation

excori/o-

take out skin

kel/o-

tumor

-oid

resembling

lacer/o-

tearing

cellul/o-

cell

pedicul/o-

lice

actin/o-

rays of the sun

sol/o-

sun

angi/o-

blood vessel; lymphatic vessel

papill/o-

elevated structure

sen/o-

old age

-ile

pertaining to

syn-

together

poly-

many; much

cancer/o-

cancer

carcin/o-

cancer

sarc/o-

connective tissue

psor/o-

itching

-iasis

abnormal condition; process

scler/o-

hard; sclera

system/o-

body as a whole

rhin/o-

nose

-phyma

growth; tumor

-etic

pertaining to

alopec/o-

bald

hirsut/o-

hairy

myc/o-

fungus

intra-

within

sensitiv/o-

affected by; sensitive to

-ity

condition; state

exud/o-

oozing fluid

-ate

composed of; pertaining to

cry/o-

cold

-lysis

process to break down or destroy

surg/o-

operative procedure

-ery

process

electr/o-

electricity

fulgur/o-

spark of electricity

desicc/o-

dry up

sect/o-

cut

in-

in; not; within

cis/o-

cut

abras/o-

scrape off

micr/o-

one millionth; small

bi/o-

living organism; living tissue

fung/o-

fungus

vir/o-

virus

anti-

against

cortic/o-

cortex; outer region

-steroid

steroid

phot/o-

light

dynam/o-

movement; power

topic/o-

specific area

trans-

across; through

hypo-

below; deficient

-opsy

process of viewing

cis/o-

cut

-plasty

process of reshaping by surgury

suct/o-

suck

-ectomy

surgical removal

rhytid/o-

wrinkle

blephar/o-

eyelid

all/o-

other; strange

-graft

tissue for implant or transplant

aut/o-

self

biopsy

C&S

culture and sensitivity

Derm

dermatology (short form)

HAI

healthcare-associated infection

HSV

herpes simplex virus

I&D

incision and drainage

IgE

immunoglobulin E

PDT

photodynamic therapy

PUVA

psoralen (drug and) ultraviolet A (light therapy)

SLE

systemic lupus erythematosus

subcutaneous

subcu

subcutaneous (short form)

subQ

subcutaneous (short form)

UVB

ultraviolet light B