Intergumentary words Flashcards
adip/o
fat
lip/o
fat
steat/o
fat
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
cutane/o
skin
integ/u
skin
hydr/o
water
hidr/o
sweat
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
cyt/o
cell
sceler/o
hardening
aden/o
gland
kerat/o
hard, tissue, cornea
myc/o
fungus
necr/o
death
onych/o
finger or toe nail
pil/o
hair
trich/o
hair
xer/o
dry
seb/o
sebum/oil
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
squam/o
scale
hist/o
tissue
hom/o
same
heter/o
different
cry/o
cold
aut/o
self
xen/o
strange
chem/o
chemical
rthyid/o
wrinkle
-dermis
skin
-derma
skin
-penia
decrease
-cyte
cell
-rrea
flow
-malacia
softening
-phagia
swallowing
-oma
tumor
-emia
blood
-pathy
disease
-cele
swelling
a-
without, away from
eryth/o
red
xanth/o
yellow
cyan/o
blue
leuk/o
white
albin/o
no color
melan/o
black
an-
without, not
dys-
pain
hyper-
above
hypo-
below
epi-
upon, above
sub-
below
Sebaceous
Oil gland
Subdoriferous
Sweat gland
Diaphoresis
excessive or abnormal sweating
Psoriasis
Autoimmune disease that causes dry, scaly, itchy skin
Eczema
Skin disorder; causes dry, itchy patches of skin
Vitligo
Loss of pigmentation of the skin
Cyanotic
Blue skin caused by a lack of oxygen
Jaundice
Yellowing of the skin
Decubitus
Bed sore, ulcer of the skin
Alopica
Loss of hair, often related to an auto immune disease