integumentary system root words Flashcards

1
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aden/o

A

gland

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2
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adip/o

A

fat

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3
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Albin/o

A

white

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4
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aut/o

A

self

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5
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bi/o

A

life

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6
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blephar/o

A

eyelid

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7
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carcin/o

A

cancer

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8
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caus/o

A

burn; burning; heat

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9
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Cauter/o

A

heat; burn

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10
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chrom/o

A

color

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11
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cis/o

A

to cut

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12
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cry/o

A

cold

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13
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crypt/o

A

hidden

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14
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cutane/o

A

skin

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15
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cyan/o

A

blue

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16
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cyt/o

A

cell

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17
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derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o

A

skin

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18
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diaphor/o

A

profuse sweating

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19
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ecchym/o

A

blood in the tissues

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20
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erythem/o, erythemat/o

A

redness

21
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erythr/o

A

red

22
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hidr/o

A

sweat

23
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hist/o

A

tissue

24
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ichthy/o

A

dry; scaly

25
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immun/o

A

immune; protection

26
Q

integument/o

A

covering

27
Q

jaund/o

A

yellow

28
Q

kerat/o

A

hard, horn-shaped tissue

29
Q

lip/o

A

fat

30
Q

melan/o

A

black

31
Q

myc/o

A

fungus

32
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necr/o

A

death

33
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onych/o

A

nail

34
Q

papill/o

A

nipple-like

35
Q

pil/o

A

hair; hair follicle

36
Q

prurit/o

A

itching

37
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psor/o

A

itching

38
Q

py/o

A

pus

39
Q

rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

40
Q

scler/o

A

hardening

41
Q

seb/o

A

sebum

42
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squam/o

A

scale

43
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steat/o

A

fat; sebum

44
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therm/o

A

hot; heat

45
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trich/o

A

hair

46
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ungu/o

A

nail

47
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xanth/o

A

yellow; yellowish

48
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xen/o

A

foreign; unlike species

49
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xer/o

A

dry