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Unit #4 - Terms on Test Flashcards

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allo-

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other, different; different member of the same species

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homo-

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same

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xeno-

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stranger; a different species

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e-, ec-, ex-

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out, off, from, beyond

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ab-

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off, from, away

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anti-

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against

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hyper-

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too much

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hypo-

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too little

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xero-

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dry

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Chemo-

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chemicals

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Cryo-

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cold

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par- or para-

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beside; near

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Xeno-

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strangers

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neo-

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new formation

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albin/o

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white

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carot

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orange

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cyan/o

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blue

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erythr/o

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red

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jaun

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yellow

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leuk/o

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white

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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yellow

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cer/at, corn

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horn

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crypt-

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hidden; concealed

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fibr/o

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fiber

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glabr

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smooth

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macer

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to soften

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myring/o

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eardrum

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pilo

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hair

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psora, prur

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itch

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rhytido

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wrinkle

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sclero

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hard

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septic

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filled with microorganisms

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–ectasia

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dilated condition

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-lysis

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breaking down; destroying

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-malacia

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softening due to disease

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-megaly

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enlargement due to disease

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-itis

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inflammation

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-oma

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tumor

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-plasm

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growth

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-trophy

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nourishment or growth

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ABCDE

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abbreviation is a mnemonic for assessing the cancer risk of skin lesions

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BCC, SCC

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abbreviations denote different kinds of skin cancer (carcinoma)?

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SC, SQ, subQ

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abbreviations for an injection into the layer immediately beneath the skin

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decub

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abbreviation for an ulcer that occurs when a person lies in one position for a long period of time

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Bx

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abbreviation for a procedure to sample tissue for analysis by a pathologist

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I&D

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abbreviation for a procedure to cut into, and allow liquid to drain from, a lesion in the skin

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ung

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abbreviation for an ointment (based on an old name for ointments)

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IM

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intramuscular

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allo-graft

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a skin tissue donation from an unrelated individual of the same species

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auto-graft

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a skin tissue donation from oneself

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chemo-surgery

A

surgery using chemicals

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chemo-therapy

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therapy using chemicals

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cryo-surgery

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surgery using cold

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demato-dynia

A

pain in the skin

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dermato-fibr-oma

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fibrous tumor of the skin

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dermato-logy

A

study of the skin

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dermato-lysis

A

breakdown of the skin

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dermato-myc-osis

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fungal infection of the skin

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dermato-scopy

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visualizing the skin with an instrument

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xeno-graft

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a skin tissue donation from another species

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eryth-ema

A

redness

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erythro-cyan-osis

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reddish-blue color of skin when the body is cold

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erythro-derma

A

red skin

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leuko-derma

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white skin

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melan-in

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protein that causes skin pigmentation

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melano-cyte

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cell that produces and stores melanin

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melan-oma

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extremely dangerous cancer that arises from melanocytes

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melano-some

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melanin-filled pigment granules inside melanocytes

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xantho-derma

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yellow skin

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xanth-oma

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yellow raised bumps due to fat accumulation under the skin

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xanth-osis

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yellow discoloration of degenerating tissues

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ep-onycho-ium

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cuticle (literally, “anatomical part on top of the nail”)

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onycho-crypt-osis

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ingrown nail

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onycho-dys-trophy

A

malformed nail

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onycho-lysis

A

breakdown of a nail

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onycho-malacia

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softening of a nail

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onycho-myc-osis

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fungal infection of a nail

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onycho-pathy

A

disease of a nail

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onycho-phagia

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nail biting (literally, “nail eating”)

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onycho-tomy

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cutting into a nail

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