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73 Cards in this Set
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cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o |
skin |
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hidr/o |
sweat |
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kerat/o
(Note: kerat/o is also used to refer to the cornea of the eye; see Chapter 12) |
horny tissue, hard |
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onych/o, ungu/o
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nail
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seb/o
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sebum (oil)
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trich/o
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hair
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aut/o
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self
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bi/o
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life
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coni/o
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dust
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crypt/o
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hidden
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heter/o
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other
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myc/o
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fungus
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necr/o
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death (cells ,body)
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pachy/o
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thick
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rhytid/o
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wrinkles
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staphyl/o
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grapelike clusters
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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xer/o
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dry
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dermatitis
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inflammation of the skin
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dermatoconiosis |
abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust
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dermatofibroma
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fibrous tumor of the skin
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hidradenitis
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inflammation of a sweat gland
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leiodermia
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condition of smooth skin
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leukoderma
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white skin (white patches caused by depigmentation)
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onychocryptosis
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abnormal condition of a hidden nail (ingrown nail)
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onychomalacia
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softening of the nails
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onychomycosis
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abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails
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onychophagia
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eating the nails (nail biting)
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pachyderma
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thickening of the skin
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paronychia
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diseased state around the nail
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seborrhea
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discharge of sebum (excessive)
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trichomycosis
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abnormal condition of a fungus in the hair
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xeroderma
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dry skin
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biopsy
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view of life (the removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under a microscope)
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dermatoautoplasty
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surgical repair using one's own skin (skin graft)
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dermatoheteroplasty
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surgical repair using skin from others (skin graft)
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dermatome
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instrument used to cut skin (in thin slices for skin grafts)
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dermatoplasty
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surgical repair of the skin
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onychectomy
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excision of a nail
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rhytidectomy
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excision of wrinkles (also called facelift)
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rhytidoplasty
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surgical repair of wrinkles
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dermatologist
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physician who studies and treats skin
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dermatology (derm)
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study of the skin (a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases)
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epidermal
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pertaining to upon the skin
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erythroderma
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red skin (abnormal redness of the skin)
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hypodermic
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pertaining to under the skin
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intradermal (ID)
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pertaining to within the skin
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keratogenic
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originating in horny tissue
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necrosis
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abnormal condition of death (cells and tissue die because of disease)
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percutaneous
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pertaining to through the skin
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staphylococcus (staph)
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berry-shaped (bacterium) in graplike clusters (these bacteria cause many skin diseases)
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streptococcus (strep) |
berry-shaped (bacterium) in twisted chains
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subcutaneous (subcut)
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pertaining to under the skin
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transdermal (TD)
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pertaining to through the skin
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ungual
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pertaining to the nail
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xanthoderma |
yellow skin (jaundice)
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epi-
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on, upon, over
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intra-
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within
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para-
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beside, beyond, around
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per-
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through
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sub-
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under, below
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trans-
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through, across, beyond
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-a
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noun suffix, no meaning
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-coccus
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berry-shaped (form of bacterium)
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-ectomy
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excision or surgical removal
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-ia
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diseased, condition of
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-itis
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inflammation
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-malacia |
softening
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-opsy
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view of, viewing
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-phagia
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eating or swallowing
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-tome
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instrument used to cut
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