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Disease

Xer/o

Dry

Adip/o, Lip/o, Steat/o

Fat

Cutane/o, Dermat/o, Derm/o

Skin

Hidr/o, sudor/o

Sweat

Kerat/o

Horny tissue; hard;cornea

Melan/o

Black

Myc/o

Fungus

Onych/o

Nail

Pil/o, trich/o

Hair

-malacia

Softening

-hypo

Under, below, deficient

-osis

Abnormal condition with blood cells

Albin/o, leuk/o

White

Xanth/o

Yellow

Cyan/o

Blue

Cytology

Study of cells

-penia

Decrease or deficiency

Leukocytopenia

Deficiency in white blood cells

Xanthomas

Small yellow tumors

-emia

Blood condition

Auto-

Self

Necr/o

Death, necrosis