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Chapter 4-1 Word Parts Flashcards

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Cutane/o
Derm/o
Dermat/o

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Skin

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Kerat/o

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Horny tissue, hard

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Onych/o

Ungu/o

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Nail

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Seb/o

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Sebum (oil)

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Aut/o

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Self

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Bi/o

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Life

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Coni/o

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Dust

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

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Heter/o

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Other

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Necr/o

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Death (cells,body)

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Pachy/o

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Thick

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Rhytid/o

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Wrinkles

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Staphyl/o

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Grape like clusters bacterial infection

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Strept/o

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Twisted chains

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Epi-

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On, upon, over

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Intra-

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Within

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Para-

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Beside, beyond, around, abnormal

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Per-

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Through

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Sub-

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Under, below

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Trans-

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Through, across, beyond

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-a

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Noun suffix, no meaning

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-coccus

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Berry-shaped (form of bacterial infection)

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-ectomy

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Excision or surgical removal

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-ia

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Diseased or abnormal state, condition of

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-malacia

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-Opsy

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View of, viewing

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-phagia

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Eating or swallowing

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-tome

A

Instrument used to cut

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Dermatitis

A

Inflammation of the skin

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Dermatoconiosis

A

Abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust

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Dermatofibroma

A

Fibrous tumor of the skin

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Hidradenitis

A

Inflammation of a sweat gland

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Leiodermia

A

Condition of smooth skin

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Leukoderma

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White skin (white patches caused by depigmentation)

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Onychocryptosis

A

Abnormal condition of a hidden nail (also called ingrown nail)

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Onychomalacia

A

Softening of the nails

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Onychomycosis

A

Abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails

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Onychophagia

A

Eating the nails

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Pachyderma

A

Thickening of the skin

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Paronychia

A

Diseased state around the nail

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Seborrhea

A

Discharge of sebum

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Trichomycosis

A

Abnormal condition of a fungus in the hair

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Xeroderma

A

Dry skin ( mild form of a cancerous disorder characterized by keratinization and noninflammatory scaling

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Biopsy (bx)

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View of life (the removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope)

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Dermatoautoplasty

A

Surgical repair using one’s own skin (skin graft)

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Dermatoheteroplasty

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Surgical repair using skin from others (allograft)

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Dermatome

A

Instrument used to cut skin ( in thin slices for akin grafts)

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Dermatoplasty

A

Surgical repair of the skin

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Onychectomy

A

Excision of a nail

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Rhytidectomy

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Excision of wrinkles (facelift)

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Rhytidoplasty

A

Surgical repair of wrinkles

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Dermatologist

A

Physician who studies and treats skin diseases

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Dermatology

A

Study if the skin

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Epidermal

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Pertaining to upon the skin

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Erythroderma

A

Red skin (abnormal redness of the skin )

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Hypodermic

A

Pertaining to under the skin

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Intradermal (ID)

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Pertaining to within the skin

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Keratigenic

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Originating in horny tissue

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Necrosis

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Abnormal condition of death (cells and tissue die because if disease)

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Percutaneous

A

Pertaining to through the skin

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Staphylococcus

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Berry-shaped (bacteria inside mucus membrane grape like clusters )

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Streptococcus

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Berry-shaped (bacteria in twisted chains outside )

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Subcutaneous (subcut)

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Pertaining to under the skin

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Transdermal (TD)

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Pertaining to through the skin (patch)

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Ungual

A

Pertaining to the nail

72
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Xanthoderma

A

Yellow skin (jaundice)

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