word parts Flashcards
1
Q
albino
A
white
2
Q
cautero
A
to burn
3
Q
cryo
A
cold
4
Q
cutaneo
A
skin
5
Q
derm
A
skin
6
Q
diaphoro
A
profuse sweating
7
Q
hidro
A
sweat
8
Q
ichthyo
A
dry scaly
9
Q
ictero
A
jaundice
10
Q
kerato
A
hard
11
Q
melano
A
black/brown
12
Q
necro
A
death
13
Q
onycho/ unguo
A
nail
14
Q
-derma
A
skin
15
Q
-graft
A
transplant tissue
16
Q
-trichia
A
hair
17
Q
allo
A
other/different
18
Q
xeno
A
strange/foreign
19
Q
homo
A
same
20
Q
hetero
A
different
21
Q
pachy
A
thick
22
Q
pilo
A
hair
23
Q
rhytido
A
wrinkle
24
Q
schizo
A
split
25
sebo
oil/oily
26
xero
dry
27
keratosis
scales non cancerous skin growth
28
melanocyte
cell that gives skin color
29
necrosis
death of most/all cells in an organ/ tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply
30
paronychia
inflammation around a nail/nails
31
allograft/homograft
transplant from genetically non- identical donor of same species
32
xenograft/heterograft
tissue transplant to a recipient of another species
33
rhytidectomy
removal of wrinkles (face lift)
34
seborrhea
oily discharge of skin causing red, scaly, itchy rash
35
hyperhidrosis
excessive sweating
36
anhidrosis
no sweating
37
schizotrichia
split ends of hair
38
icthyosis
a scaly dry skin
39
oncychomalacia
soft nails
40
icterus
jaundice
41
xeroderma
dry skin
42
erythroderma
red skin
43
cauterize
to burn skin/flesh with heated instrument or substance, generally to stop bleeding
44
cryotherapy
localized freezing to treat nerve pain/ surgical procedure to treat certain cancers
