Integumentary System Flashcards
adip/o
fat
lip/o
fat
steat/o
fat
cutane/o
skin
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
cyt/o
cell
cyan/o
blue
erythr/o
red
erythemat/o
red
hidr/o
sweat
sudor/o
sweat
hydr/o
water
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
kerat/o
horny tissue; hard; cornea
leuk/o
white
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
fat
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
skin
melan/o
black
myc/o
fungus
necr/o
death, necrosis
onych/o
nail
pil/o, trich/o
hair
scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
squam/o
scale
xanth/o
yellow
xer/o
dry
-al, -ous
pertaining to
-cele
hernia, swelling
-cyte
cell
-derma
skin
-emia
blood condition
-esis
condition
-itis
inflammation
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
study of
-malacia
softening
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease, deficiency
Erythro/penia
-phagia
swallowing, eating
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-therapy
treatment
-tome
instrument to cut
auto-
self, own
epi-
above, on
hypo-
under, below; deficient
sub-
under, below