vocab Flashcards
adip/o
fat
chlor/o
green
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
erythr/o-
red
hidr/o
sweat
hydr/o
water
kerat/o
horny tissue, hard, cornea of eye
leuk/o
white
lip/o
fat
melan/o
black
myc/o
fungus
necr/o
death
onych/o
nail
pil/o
hair
psor/o
itchy
scler/o
hardening, sclera of eye
seb/o
sebum, sebaceous
squam/o
scale
sudor/o
sweat
trich/o
hair
xanthr/o
yellow
xeno/o
foreign
ante-
before
ecto-
out
exo-
out
macro-
big
micro-
small
-derma
skin
-ium
structure
-malacia
softening
-rraphy
suturing
-esis
condition
-therapy
treatment
Bc
biopsy
PE
Physical exam
Sub-Q, SC, SQ
subcutaneous
ABCDE
Asymmetry
Border
Color
Diameter
Evolving
I&D
Irrigation and drainage
A vascular
Without blood flow
Biopsy
An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover presence of disease
Benign
Non cancerous tumor
Comedo
Blackhead
Debridement
Process of removing foreign material or dead/damaged tissue to promote healing
Ecchymosis
skin discoloration, black and blue, bruise
Malignant
Cancerous tumor
Metastasis
Movement from one body part to another, as in cancer
Tinea
fungal infection of skin; includes ringworm, athletes foot, jock itch