Combining Forms, Prefixes, Suffixes Flashcards
adip/o
fat
lip/o
fat
steat/o
fat
cutane/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
derm/o
skin
hidr/o
sweat
sudor/o
sweat
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
kerat/o
horny tissue, hard, cornea
melan/o
black
myc/o
fungus
onych/o
nail
ungu/o
nail
pil/o
hair
trich/o
hair
scler/o
hardening
seb/o
sebum, sebaceous
squam/o
scale
xen/o
foreign, strange
xer/o
dry
-cyte
cell
-derma
skin
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
study of
-therapy
treatment
an-
without, not
epi-
above, upon
homo-
same
-osis
abnormal condition, increase with blood cells
-oma
tumor
-itis
inflammation
sub-
under, below
-ous
pertaining to
-plasty
surgical repair
hypo-
under, below, deficient
-ic
pertaining to
aden/o
gland
-esis
condition
-malacia
softening
-al
pertaining to
-pathy
disease
nid/o
nest
-derma
skin
-rrhea
discharge, flow
py/o
pus
dermat/o
skin
cry/o
cold