Chapt 4. Med Term Skin

Front 1

-logist

Back 1

specialist

Front 2

derm (o) (a) , dermat (o)

Back 2

denoting the skin

Front 3

auto

Back 3

self

Front 4

-plasty

Back 4

plastic surgery

Front 5

-itis

Back 5

inflammation

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-al

Back 6

of, pertaining to

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-phobia

Back 7

fear

Front 8

-osis

Back 8

abnormal condition

Front 9

-tome

Back 9

an instrument for cutting

Front 10

-mycosis

Back 10

abnormal condition of fungus

Front 11

kerat (o)

Back 11

denoting horny tissue or the cornea of the eye

Front 12

-iasis

Back 12

diseased condition

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-oid

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like, resembling

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-genous

Back 14

to produce

Front 15

-oma

Back 15

tumor

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trich, trich (o)

Back 16

denoting hair or capillary (hairlike) vessels

Front 17

-gloss

Back 17

pertaining to the tongue

Front 18

-algia

Back 18

pain

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-ology

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study of

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-schisis

Back 20

splitting

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-pathy

Back 21

disease

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onych (o)

Back 22

denoting the nail

Front 23

-malacia

Back 23

softening

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-phagia

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to eat

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-rrhexis

Back 25

rupture

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-oma

Back 26

tumor

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-ptosis

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falling

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-genic

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produce

Front 29

hist (o)

histi (o)

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denoting relationship to tissue

Front 30

neuro

Back 30

nerves

Front 31

-kinesis

Back 31

movement

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sarc (o)

Back 32

denoting flesh or connective tissue

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-oid

Back 33

like, resembling

Front 34

-lysis

Back 34

dissolve, break down

Front 35

-blast

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immature cell

Front 36

-genic

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to produce

Front 37

adip (o)

Back 37

denoting a relationship to fat, adipose tissue

Front 38

-uria

Back 38

condition of the urine

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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lip (o)

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denoting relationship to fat or to lipids

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-penia

Back 41

deficiency

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-edema

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swelling

Front 43

steat (o)

Back 43

denoting relationship to fat

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-rrhea

Back 44

a flow

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-poiesis

Back 45

formation

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-aden

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gland

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hidr (o)

Back 47

denoting relationship to sweat or to a sweat gland

Front 48

anti-infectives

Back 48

agents that can kill infections agents or prevent them from spreading

Front 49

anti-inflammatories

Back 49

agents that counteract or suppress inflammation

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antifungals

Back 50

agents that destroy fungus or suppress its growth

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antipruritics

Back 51

agents that relieve or prevent itching

Front 52

keratolytics

Back 52

agents that soften the horny layer of the epidermis

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parasiticides

Back 53

agents that destroy parasites

Front 54

topical anesthetics

Back 54

agents used on the skin to abolish the sensation of pain