Word roots, Integumentary System Flashcards
aut/o
self
bi/o
life
coccus (plural cocci)
berry shaped (form of bacterium)
coni/o
dust
crypt/o
hidden
cutane/o
skin
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
ectomy
excision or surgical removal
epi
on, upon, over
heter/o
other
hidr/o
sweat
ia
diseased or abnormal state, condition of
intra
within
itis
inflammation
kerat/o
horny tissue, hard
malacia
softening
myc/o
fungus
necr/o
death (cells, body)
onych/o
nail
opsy
view of, viewing
pachy/o
thick
para
beside, beyond, around, abnormal
per
through
phagia
eating or swallowing
plasty
surgical repair
rhytid/o
wrinkles
rrhea
flow, discharge
seb/o
sebum (oil)
staphyl/o
grapelike clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
sub
under, below
tome
instrument used to cut
trans
through, across, beyond
trich/o
hair
ungu/o
nail
xer/o
dry