Chapter 16: Skin 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
A
skin
7
Q
Dermat/o
A
skin
8
Q
Diaphor/o
A
profuse sweating
9
Q
Erythem/o
A
redness
10
Q
Erythemat/o
A
redness
11
Q
Hidr/o
A
sweat
12
Q
Hydr/o
A
water
13
Q
Ichthy/o
A
dry, scaly (fish like)
14
Q
Kerat/o
A
hard
15
Q
Leuk/o
A
white
16
Q
Lip/o
A
fat
17
Q
Melan/o
A
black
18
Q
Myc/o
A
fungus
19
Q
Onych/o
A
nail
20
Q
Phyt/o
A
plant
21
Q
Pil/o
A
hair, hair follicle
22
Q
Py/o
A
pus
23
Q
Rhytid/o
A
wrinkle
24
Q
Seb/o
A
sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
25
Sebace/o
sebum
26
Squam/o
scale-like
27
Steat/o
fat
28
Trich/o
hair
29
Ungu/o
nail
30
Xanth/o
yellow
31
Xer/o
dry
32
-algia
pain
33
-derma
skin
34
-esis
action, condition, state of
35
-lysis
breakdown
36
-ose
pertaining to full of
37
-osis
condition, usually abnormal condition
38
-ous
pertaining to
39
-plakia
plaque
40
-plasty
surgical repair
41
-rrhea
flow, discharge
42
Crust
collection of dried serum and cellular debris
43
Cyst
thick walled, closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semi-solid material
44
Erosion
| HINT:condition pertaining to the skin
wearing away or loss of epidermis
45
Fissure
groove or crack-like sore
46
Macule
Flat lesion measuring less than 1cm in diameter
47
Nodule
Solid, round or oval elevated lesion 1 cm or more in diameter
48
Papule
Small (less that 1cm) solid elevation of the skin
49
Polyp
Growth extending from the surface of mucous membrane
50
Pustule
Papule containing pus
51
Ulcer
Open sore on the skin or mucous membranes
52
Vesicle
Small collection (papule) of clear fluid (serum); blister
53
Wheal
Smooth edematous (swollen) papule or plaque that is redder or paler than surrounding skin.
