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Unit 4 Root Words-Skin Flashcards

1
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Abrasion

A

Scraping off skin

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Acne

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Skin eruption

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Actin

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Ray, beam

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Aden

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Gland

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5
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Adip/o

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Fat

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Albin/o

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The color white

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Alopec

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Bald

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Amine

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Chemical group containing nitrogen

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Andro

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Male

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Bili

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Bile

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Carcin

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Cancer

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Carot

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Carrot, the color orange

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13
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Caut

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Burn

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Cer/at

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Horn

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15
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Cicatrix

A

Scar

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Circ

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Circle

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Cision

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Cut

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18
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Comedo

A

Zit

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19
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Cori/a

A

Leather; skin

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Corn

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Horn

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21
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Crine

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Secretion, release from cells or from the body

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Crust

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Crust, rind

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Crypt

A

Hidden, concealed

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Cub

A

Lie down

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25
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Cutan/e/o

A

Skin

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26
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Cyan

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Blue

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Cyt
Cyte
Cyto

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Cell

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Desicc

A

Dry

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29
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Ecchymosis

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Bleeding under the skin, bruise

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30
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Erosion

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“Gnawing away”

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31
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Erythr/o

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The color red

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32
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Esthe

A

Sensation, perception

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33
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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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34
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Fissure

A

Deep crack

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35
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Gen
Geno
Genet

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Birth (dealing with inheritance)

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36
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Glabr

A

Smooth

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37
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Graft

A

Transfer tissue from one place to another

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38
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Gran

A

Grain

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39
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Hidr
Hidra
Hidro

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Sweat

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40
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Hist/o

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Tissue

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41
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Ichthy

A

Fish

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42
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Impetigo

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Skin eruption

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Jaun

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Color yellow

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Kel

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Kerat/o

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Lun

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Macer

48
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Melan/o

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The color black

49
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Myc/o

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Myring/o

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Necr

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Nevus

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Nidus

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Nod(e)

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Onych/o

A

Nail, “little claw”

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Ops

A

Seeing, appearance

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Pachy

58
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Pap
Papilla

59
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Permeable

A

Able to be penetrated

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Petechia

A

Small red spots on skin

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Pheo

A

Dark in color, gray

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Pigment

A

Coloring agent

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Pil/o

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Plaque

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Sticky deposit

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Plas(tic)

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Something molded

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Prur(is)

67
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Pruritic

A

Something which causes an itch

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Psōra

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Ras

70
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Regulat(e)

A

Control or maintain

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Rhino

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Rhytid/o

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Rub

74
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Scess

75
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Scler/o

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Seb
Seba
Sebo
Sebum

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Waxy secretion from a skin gland

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Sens

78
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Septic

A

Filled with microorganisms

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Sicc

80
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Some

81
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Squam

A

A shape wider than it is high (fish scale)

82
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Steat/o

83
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Suction

A

Using negative pressure

84
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Surgery

A

Using tools to alter the structure of the body

85
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Sweat

A

Perspiration

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Tect

87
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Therapy

A

Treatment to make something better

88
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Thermo

A

Temperature

89
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Tinea

A

Fungal infection

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Top

91
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Trich/o

92
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Tumor

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Unguent

A

Ointment, grease

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Urtica

A

Nettle, stinger

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Vaporate

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Vascul

A

Little vessel

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Verruca

98
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Vesic

99
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Vitiligo

A

Skin disease

100
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Vulgaris

101
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Xanth/o

102
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Xer/o

103
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Zein

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