Chapter 16: Skin Flashcards
1
Q
adip/o
A
fat
2
Q
albin/o
A
white
3
Q
adipose
A
pertaining to fat
4
Q
albinism
A
condition of white
5
Q
caus/o
A
burn, burning
6
Q
causalgia
A
burning pain
7
Q
cauter/o
A
heat, burn
8
Q
electrocautery
A
instrument to burn through tissue using an electric current
9
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
10
Q
subcutaneous
A
pertaining to under the skin
11
Q
derm/o
dermat/o
A
skin
12
Q
dermatitis
A
inflammation of skin
13
Q
dermatologist
A
specialist in the study of the skin
14
Q
dermabrasion
A
scraping away of skin
15
Q
diaphor/o
A
profuse sweating
16
Q
diaphoresis
A
condition of profuse sweating
17
Q
erythem/o
erythemat/o
A
redness
18
Q
erythema
A
redness of skin
19
Q
kerat/o
A
hard
20
Q
keratosis
A
abnormal hardening of skin
21
Q
leuk/o
A
white
22
Q
leukoplakia
A
condition of white plaque
23
Q
lip/o
A
fat
24
Q
lipoma
A
tumor of fat
25
liposuction
removal of subcutaneous fat tissue that is aspirated
26
melan/o
black
27
melanocyte
cell that forms black
28
melanoma
malignant skin cancer
29
myc/o
fungus (fungi including yeasts, molds, and mushrooms)
30
mycosis
abnormal condition of fungus
31
pil/o
hair, hair follicle
32
pilosebaceous
pertaining to sebaceous gland in hair
33
py/o
pus
34
pyoderma
pus on skin
35
seb/o
sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
36
seborrhea
flow of sebum
37
xanth/o
yellow
38
xanthoma
collection of yellow fat
39
xer/o
dry
40
xerosis
very dry skin
41
pruritus
itching
42
gangrene
death of tissue with loss of blood supply
43
tinea
infection of skin caused by a fungus
44
urticaria
hives
45
purulent
pus-filled
46
exudate
fluid that accumulates
47
Bx
biopsy
48
PPD
purified protein derivative - used in skin test for tuberculosis
