Unit 4 Roots Flashcards
abrasion
Scraping off skin
acne
Skin eruption
actin
Ray, beam
aden
Gland
adip/o
Fat
albin/o
The color white
alopec
Bald
amine
Chemical group containing nitrogen
andr/o
Male
angi/o
Vessel
bili
Bile
carcin
Cancer
carot
Carrot; the color orange
cauter(I’m)
Device used to burn
cer/at
Horn
cicatrix
Scar
circ
A ring; circle
cision
Cut
comedo
Zit
Cori/a
Leather; skin
corn
Horn
crine
Secretion; release from cell or from the body
crust
Crust; rind
crypt
Hidden; concealed
cub
Lie down
cutan/e/o
Skin
cyan
The color blue
cyt, cyte, cyto
Cell
dendr/o
Tree
derm/at/o
Skin
desicc
Dry
ecchymosis
Bleeding under the skin
electr/o
Related to electricity
erosion
Gnawing away
erythr/o
The color red
esthe
Sensation; perception
fibr/o
Fiber
fissure
Deep crack
gangrene
Bacterial disease causing necrosis of tissue
gen, geno, genet
Birth
glabr
Smooth
graft
Transfer of tissue from one place to another
gran
Grain
hem, hemo, hemat, hemato
Blood
hidr, hidra, hidro
Sweat
histo
Tissue
ichthy
Fish
impetigo
Skin eruption
incision
Cut
jaun
The color yellow
kel
Claw
kerat/o
Horn
leuk/o
The color white
lip/o
Fat
lith
Stone
lun
Moon
macer
Soften
melan/o
The color black
myc/o
Fungus
myring/o
Eardrum
necr
Dead
nevus
Mole
nidus
Nest
nod(e)
Knot
onych/o
Nail; little claw
pachy
Thick
pap, papilia
Nip
permeable
Able to penetrate
petechia
Small, red spots on the skin
pheo
Gray or dark in color
pigment
Coloring agent
pil/o
Hair
plaque
Sticky deposit
plas(tic)
Something molded
prur(is)
Itch
pruritic
Something which causes an itch.
psora
Itch
py/o
Pus
ras
Scrape
regulat(e)
Control or maintain
rhino
Nose
rhytid/o
Wrinkle
rub
Red
scale
Scale
scess
Going
scler/o
Hard
seb, seba, sebo, sebum
A waxy secretion from a skin gland
sens
Sensation; perception
septic
Filled with microorganisms
sicc
Dry
some
Body
squam
A shape wider than it is high
steat/o
Fatty
suction
Using negative pressure
surgery
Using tools to alter the structure of the body
sweat
Perspiration
tect
Roof
therapy
Treatment to make something better
thermo
Temperature
tinea
Fungal infection
top
Place
trich/o
Hair
tumor
Swelling
unguent
Ointment; grease
urtica
Nettle, stinger
vapora(te)
Steam
vascul
Little vessel
verruca
Wart
vesic
Bladder
vitiligo
Skin disease
vulgaris
Common
xanth/o
Yellow
xer/o
Dry
zein
Boil