Chapter 4 Combining Forms Flashcards
aden/o
Gland
adip/o
Fat
albin/o
White
aut/o
Self
bi/o
Life
blephar/o
Eyelid
carcin/o
Cancer
caus/o
Burn; Burning; Heat
cauter/o
Heat; Burn
cis/o
To cut
cry/o
Cold
cutane/o
Skin
cyan/o
Blue
cyt/o
Cell
derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o
Skin
diaphor/o
Profuse sweating
ecchym/o
Blood in the tissues
erythem/o, erythemat/o
Redness
erythr/o
Red
hidr/o
Sweat
hist/o
Tissue
ichthy/o
Dry; Scaly
immun/o
Immune; Protection
integument/o
Covering
jaund/o
Yellow
kerat/o
Hard, Horn-shaped tissue
lip/o
Fat
melan/o
Black
myc/o
fungus
necr/o
Death
onych/o
Nail
papill/o
Nipple-like
pil/o
Hair; Hair follicle
prurit/o
Itching
psor/o
Itching
py/o
Pus
rhytid/o
Wrinkle
scler/o
Hardening
seb/o
Sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
squam/o
Scale
steat/o
Fat; Sebum
trich/o
Hair
ungu/o
Nail
xer/o
Dry