Chapter 12 Skin The Integumentary System Elements Flashcards
an-
no, not, without
bi-
twice, double, two
dia-
through, between, apart, complete
epi-
above, upon, on
hyper-
excessive, increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
par-, para-
beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of
albin/o
white
alopec/o
baldness, mangy
angi/o
blood or lymph vessel
axill/o
armpit
contus/o
bruise
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o
skin
ecchym/o
pouring out of juice
electr/o
electricity, electric
erythr/o
red
follicul/o
follicle, small sac
granul/o
granule(s)
hem/o
blood, relating to the blood
hemat/o
blood, relating to the blood
hidr/o
sweat
hirsut/o
hairy, rough
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
kel/o
growth, tumor
kerat/o
horny, hard, cornea
koil/o
hollow or concave
lip/o
fat, lipid
lun/o
moon
melan/o
black, dark
myc/o
fungus
onych/o, ungu/o
fingernail or toenail
papill/o
nipple-like
pedicul/o
louse, lice
phor/o
carry, bear, movement
pil/i, pil/o
hair
prurit/o
itching
purpur/o
purple
py/o
pus
rhin/o
nose
rhytid/o
wrinkle
scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
seb/o
sebum
trich/o
hair
urtic/o
nettle, rash, hives
xer/o
dry
-al
pertaining to
-aria
connected with
-ary
pertaining to
-cyte
cell
-derma
skin
-edema
swelling
-esis
abnormal condition, disease
-ia
abnormal condition, disease
-ion
action, process, state or condition
-is
noun ending
-ism
condition, state of
-itis
inflammation
-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
-oid
like, resembling
-ologist
specialist
-oma
tumor, neoplasm
-opsy
vision, view of
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-phyma
growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-surgery
operative procedure
-ula
small, little