Combining forms, Chapter Sixteen Flashcards by Addy Blacklock

Q

Adip/o

A

Fat

Adipocyte

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Albin/o

A

white

Albinism

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Caus/o

A

heat, burn

electocautery

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Caute/o

A

Skin

subcontaneous

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Derm/o, Dermat/o

A

Skin
Epidermis
Dermatitis

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Diaphor/o

A

profuse sweating

diaphoresis

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Erythem/o. Erythemat/o

A

Redness

Erythemia

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Hidr/o

A

Sweat

anhidrosis

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Ichthy/o

A

dry, salty

ichthyosis

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Kerat/o

A

hard

keratosis

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Leuk/o

A

white

leukoplakia

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Lup/i

A

fat

lipoma

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melan/o

A

black

melanoma

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myc/o

A

fungus

mycosis

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onych/o

A

nail

onycholysis

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phyt/o

A

plant

dernatophytosis

Q

pil/o

A

hair

pilosebacenous

Q

py/o

A

pus

pyoderma

Q

rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

rhytidectomy

Q

seb/o

A

sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)

seborrhea

Q

Squam/o

A

scale-like

squamous epithelium

Q

Steat/o

A

fat

steatoma

Q

trich/o

A

hair

hypertrichosis

Q

ungu/o

A

nail

subungual

Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

xanthoma

Q

xer/o

A

dry

xerosis

Q

anthrac/o

A

black (as coal)

anthracosis

Q

chlor/o

A

green

chlorophil

Q

cirrh/o

A

tawny yellow

cirrhosis

Q

cyan/o

A

blue

cyanosis

Q

eosin/o

A

rosy

eosinophil

Q

jaund/o

A

yellow

jaundice

Q

lute/o

A

yellow

corpus luteum

Q

poli/o

A

gray

polyosis

Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

xanthoma

Q

-plakia

A

plaque