Chapter 5 - Medical Word Elements Flashcards
1
Q
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
A
fat
2
Q
cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o
A
skin
3
Q
hidr/o, sudor/o
A
sweat
4
Q
ichthy/o
A
dry, scaly
5
Q
kerat/o
A
horny tissue, hard, cornea
6
Q
melan/o
A
black
7
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
8
Q
onych/o, ungu/o
A
nail
9
Q
pil/o, trich/o
A
hair
10
Q
scler/o
A
hardening
11
Q
seb/o
A
sebum, sebaceous
12
Q
squam/o
A
scale
13
Q
xen/o
A
foreign, strange
14
Q
xer/o
A
dry
15
Q
-cyte
A
cell
16
Q
-derma
A
skin
17
Q
-logist
A
specialist in the study of
18
Q
-logy
A
study of
19
Q
-therapy
A
treatment
20
Q
an-
A
without, not
21
Q
epi-
A
above, upon
22
Q
homo-
A
same
