Integumentary System Flashcards by Roxanne Pettiford | Brainscape

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adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

A

fat

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carcin/o

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cancer

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hidr/o, sudor/o

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sweat

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kerat/o

A

horny tissue; hard; cornea

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myc/o

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fungus

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path/o

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disease

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pil/o, trich/o

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hair

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scler/o

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hardening; sclera (white of eye)

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seb/o

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sebum, sebaceous

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squam/o

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scale

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vascul/o

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vessel (usually blood or lymph)

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xanth/o

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yellow

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xen/o

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foreign, strange

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xer/o

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dry

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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-malacia

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softening

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-pathy

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disease

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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-plasia

A

formation, growth

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-ptosis

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prolapse, downward displacement

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

A

incision

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an-

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without, not

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hyper-

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excessive, above normal

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hypo-

A

under, below, deficient

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para-

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near, beside; beyond