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