Skin: root words Flashcards
1
Q
albin/o
A
white
2
Q
caus/o
A
burn, burning
3
Q
cauter/o
A
heat, burn
4
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
5
Q
derm/o, dermat/o
A
skin
6
Q
diaphor/o
A
profuse sweating
7
Q
erythem/o, erythemat/o
A
redness
8
Q
hidr/o
A
sweat
9
Q
ichthy/o
A
dry, scaly (fish-like)
10
Q
anthrac/o
A
black (as coal)
11
Q
chlor/o
A
green
12
Q
cirrh/o
A
tawny yellow
13
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
14
Q
jaund/o
A
yellow
15
Q
lute/o
A
yellow
16
Q
melan/o
A
black
17
Q
poli/o
A
gray
18
Q
xanth/o
A
yellow
19
Q
kerat/o
A
hard
20
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
21
Q
onych/o
A
nail
22
Q
phyt/o
A
plant
23
Q
pil/o
A
hair, hair follicle
24
Q
py/o
A
pus
25
Q
rhytid/o
A
wrinkle
26
Q
seb/o
A
sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
27
Q
squam/o
A
scale-like
28
Q
steat/o
A
fat
29
Q
trich/o
A
hair
30
Q
ungu/o
A
nail
31
Q
xer/o
A
dry
