Integumentary System Flashcards
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
Fat
Carcin/o
Cancer
Cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o
Skin
Cyan/o
Blue
Hidr/o, sudor/o
Sweat
Hydr/o
Water
ichthy/o
Dry,scaly
Kerat/o
Horny tissue; hard: cornea
Melan/o
Black
Myc/o
Fungus
onych/o
Nail
Path/o
Disease
Pil/o, trich/o
Hair
Scler/o
Hardening, sclera (white of eye)
Seb/o
Sebum, sebaceous
Squam/o
Scale
Vascul/o
Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
xanth/o
Yellow
xen/o
Foreign, strange
xer/o
Dry
-cele
Hernia, swelling
-cyte
Cell
-derma
Skin
-ectomy
Excision, removal
-itis
Inflammation
-logist
Specialist in the study of
-logy
Study of
-malacia
Softening
-oma
Tumor
-osis
Abdnormal condition
-pathy
Disease
-phoresis
Carrying, transmission
-plasia
Formation, growth
-plasty
Surgical repair
-ptosis
Prolapse, downward displacement
-therapy
Treatment
-tome
Instrument to cut
-tomy
Incision
an-
Without, not
anti-
Against
bi-
Two
epi-
Above, on
Hyper-
Excessive, above normal
Hypo-
Under, below, deficient
Inter-
Between
Intra-
In, within
Para-
Near, beside, beyond
Sub-
Under, below