Chapter 4-1 Word Parts Flashcards
Hidr/o
Sweat
Cutane/o
Derm/o
Dermat/o
Skin
Kerat/o
Horny tissue, hard
Onych/o
Ungu/o
Nail
Seb/o
Sebum (oil)
Trich/o
Hair
Aut/o
Self
Bi/o
Life
Coni/o
Dust
Crypt/o
Hidden
Heter/o
Other
Myc/o
Fungus
Necr/o
Death (cells,body)
Pachy/o
Thick
Rhytid/o
Wrinkles
Staphyl/o
Grape like clusters bacterial infection
Strept/o
Twisted chains
Xer/o
Dry
Epi-
On, upon, over
Intra-
Within
Para-
Beside, beyond, around, abnormal
Per-
Through
Sub-
Under, below
Trans-
Through, across, beyond
-a
Noun suffix, no meaning
-coccus
Berry-shaped (form of bacterial infection)
-ectomy
Excision or surgical removal
-ia
Diseased or abnormal state, condition of
-itis
Inflammation
-malacia
Softening
-Opsy
View of, viewing
-phagia
Eating or swallowing
-plasty
Surgical repair
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
-tome
Instrument used to cut
Dermatitis
Inflammation of the skin
Dermatoconiosis
Abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust
Dermatofibroma
Fibrous tumor of the skin
Hidradenitis
Inflammation of a sweat gland
Leiodermia
Condition of smooth skin
Leukoderma
White skin (white patches caused by depigmentation)
Onychocryptosis
Abnormal condition of a hidden nail (also called ingrown nail)
Onychomalacia
Softening of the nails
Onychomycosis
Abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails
Onychophagia
Eating the nails
Pachyderma
Thickening of the skin
Paronychia
Diseased state around the nail
Seborrhea
Discharge of sebum
Trichomycosis
Abnormal condition of a fungus in the hair
Xeroderma
Dry skin ( mild form of a cancerous disorder characterized by keratinization and noninflammatory scaling
Biopsy (bx)
View of life (the removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope)
Dermatoautoplasty
Surgical repair using one’s own skin (skin graft)
Dermatoheteroplasty
Surgical repair using skin from others (allograft)
Dermatome
Instrument used to cut skin ( in thin slices for akin grafts)
Dermatoplasty
Surgical repair of the skin
Onychectomy
Excision of a nail
Rhytidectomy
Excision of wrinkles (facelift)
Rhytidoplasty
Surgical repair of wrinkles
Dermatologist
Physician who studies and treats skin diseases
Dermatology
Study if the skin
Epidermal
Pertaining to upon the skin
Erythroderma
Red skin (abnormal redness of the skin )
Hypodermic
Pertaining to under the skin
Intradermal (ID)
Pertaining to within the skin
Keratigenic
Originating in horny tissue
Necrosis
Abnormal condition of death (cells and tissue die because if disease)
Percutaneous
Pertaining to through the skin
Staphylococcus
Berry-shaped (bacteria inside mucus membrane grape like clusters )
Streptococcus
Berry-shaped (bacteria in twisted chains outside )
Subcutaneous (subcut)
Pertaining to under the skin
Transdermal (TD)
Pertaining to through the skin (patch)
Ungual
Pertaining to the nail
Xanthoderma
Yellow skin (jaundice)