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
Noun suffix, no meaning
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-coccus
Berry-shaped (form of bacterial infection)
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-ectomy
Excision or surgical removal
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-ia
Diseased or abnormal state, condition of
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-itis
Inflammation
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-malacia
Softening
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-Opsy
View of, viewing
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-phagia
Eating or swallowing
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-plasty
Surgical repair
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-rrhea
Flow, discharge
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-tome
Instrument used to cut
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Dermatitis
Inflammation of the skin
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Dermatoconiosis
Abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust
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Dermatofibroma
Fibrous tumor of the skin
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Hidradenitis
Inflammation of a sweat gland
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Leiodermia
Condition of smooth skin
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Leukoderma
White skin (white patches caused by depigmentation)
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Onychocryptosis
Abnormal condition of a hidden nail (also called ingrown nail)
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Onychomalacia
Softening of the nails
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Onychomycosis
Abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails
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Onychophagia
Eating the nails
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Pachyderma
Thickening of the skin
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Paronychia
Diseased state around the nail
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Seborrhea
Discharge of sebum
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Trichomycosis
Abnormal condition of a fungus in the hair
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Xeroderma
Dry skin ( mild form of a cancerous disorder characterized by keratinization and noninflammatory scaling
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Biopsy (bx)
View of life (the removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope)
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Dermatoautoplasty
Surgical repair using one's own skin (skin graft)
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Dermatoheteroplasty
Surgical repair using skin from others (allograft)
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Dermatome
Instrument used to cut skin ( in thin slices for akin grafts)
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Dermatoplasty
Surgical repair of the skin
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Onychectomy
Excision of a nail
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Rhytidectomy
Excision of wrinkles (facelift)
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Rhytidoplasty
Surgical repair of wrinkles
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Dermatologist
Physician who studies and treats skin diseases
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Dermatology
Study if the skin
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Epidermal
Pertaining to upon the skin
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Erythroderma
Red skin (abnormal redness of the skin )
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Hypodermic
Pertaining to under the skin
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Intradermal (ID)
Pertaining to within the skin
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Keratigenic
Originating in horny tissue
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Necrosis
Abnormal condition of death (cells and tissue die because if disease)
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Percutaneous
Pertaining to through the skin
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Staphylococcus
Berry-shaped (bacteria inside mucus membrane grape like clusters )
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Streptococcus
Berry-shaped (bacteria in twisted chains outside )
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Subcutaneous (subcut)
Pertaining to under the skin
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Transdermal (TD)
Pertaining to through the skin (patch)
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Ungual
Pertaining to the nail
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Xanthoderma
Yellow skin (jaundice)
