Integ System Flashcards
Rhytidectomy
Commonly referred to as a face lift
Urticaria
Also called hives
Epidermis
Outermost layer of skin
Subcutaneous
Tissue layer below the dermis
Curettage
Scraping of superficial skin lesions
Varicella
Commonly called chickenpox
Onychectomy
Removal of a nail
Collagen
Strong fibrous protein
Liposuction
Removal of fat by suction
Sweat glands aka
Sudoriferous glands
bas/o
base
cauter/o
to burn
cortic/o
outer layer
derm/o, dermat/o cutane/o
skin
diaphor/o
profuse sweating
electr/o
electricity
erythr/o
red
esthesi/o
feeling
hemangi/o
blood vessel
hidr/o
sweat
ichthy/o
scaly dry
kerat/o
hard, horny
leuk/o
white
lip/o
fat
onych/o
nail
pedicul/o
lice
phot/o
light
rhytid/o
wrinkle
scler/o
hard
seb/o
oil
system/o
system
trich/o
hair
ungu/o
nail
vesic/o
bladder
xer/o
dry
lesion
gen. term for injury or abnormanility
antipuritic
medication to reduce severe itching
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ous
pertaining to
allo-
other, different from usual
xeno-
foreign
de-
w/o
inta-
w/in