Chapter 5 - Medical Word Elements Flashcards by Grace Manz | Brainscape

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adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

A

fat

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cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o

A

skin

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hidr/o, sudor/o

A

sweat

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ichthy/o

A

dry, scaly

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kerat/o

A

horny tissue, hard, cornea

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melan/o

A

black

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myc/o

A

fungus

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onych/o, ungu/o

A

nail

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pil/o, trich/o

A

hair

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scler/o

A

hardening

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seb/o

A

sebum, sebaceous

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squam/o

A

scale

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xen/o

A

foreign, strange

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xer/o

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dry

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-cyte

A

cell

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-derma

A

skin

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-logist

A

specialist in the study of

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-logy

A

study of

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-therapy

A

treatment

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an-

A

without, not

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epi-

A

above, upon

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homo-

A

same