Chapter 3

Question 1

Fat

Answer 1

Adip/o
Lip/o
Steat/o

Example adipocyte, lipoma or steatosis

Question 2

Skin

Answer 2

Cutane/o
Derm/o
Dermat/o
Subcutaneous, epidermal or dermatology

Question 3

Hair

Answer 3

Pil/o
Trich/o
Example: Piloid atrichosis

Question 4

Sweat

Answer 4

Hidr/o

Hyperhidrosis

Question 5

Scale

Answer 5

Squam/o

Squamous layer. - sunburn scale layer.

Question 6

Nail

Answer 6

Onych/o
Ungu/o
Onychalgia or subungual
Broken nail.

Question 7

Oil

Answer 7

Seb/o
Sebace/o
Sebolith or pilosebaceous

Question 8

Hidden

Answer 8

Crypt/o

Onychocrypotosis ingrown nail.

Question 9

Scaly

Answer 9

Inchthy/o

Question 10

Hard horny

Answer 10

Kerat/o

Question 11

Thick

Answer 11

Pachy/o

Question 12

Xer/o

Answer 12

Dry

Question 13

Wrinkle

Answer 13

Rhytid/o

Question 14

Yellow

Answer 14

Xanth/o

Question 15

Red

Answer 15

Erythr/o

Question 16

White

Answer 16

Leuk/o

Alb/o

Question 17

Black

Answer 17

Melan/o

Question 18

Abrasion

Uh-BRAY-zun

Answer 18

Ab / Rasion
Away scrape
Def. scraping away the skin

Question 19

Albinism

Answer 19

White / condition
Albin / ism
Def. lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white.

Question 20

Albino

Answer 20

Affected with albinism.

Question 21

Alopecia

Answer 21

Fox

Baldness.

Question 22

Anhidrosis

An-ih-DROH-sis

Answer 22

An / Hidr / osis
No sweat condition
Def. lack of sweating

Question 23

Comedo

Koh-MEE-doh

Answer 23

Latin to eat up

Def. a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum. (Black head white heat zit)

Question 24

Cyandrosis

Sai-yan-ih-DROH-sis

Answer 24

Cyan / idr / osis
Blue sweat condition
Blue sweat

Question 25

Erythroderma

Eh-RIH-throh-DER-ma

Answer 25

Erythro / derma

Red skin