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Integumentary system |
Skin Sweat glands Sebaceous glands Hair Nail |
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-gen |
That which produces |
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-ary |
Pertaining to |
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-ory |
Pertaining to |
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-ous |
Pertaining to |
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Three layers of skin |
Epidermis Dermis Hypodermis |
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Derm/o |
Skin |
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Epi- |
Above |
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Hypo- |
Below |
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Sub- |
Under |
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Bas/o |
Base |
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Melan/o |
Black |
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-al |
Pertaining to |
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-cyte |
Cell |
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-ous |
Pertaining to |
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Lip/o |
Fat |
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Crin/o |
To secrete |
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Albin/o |
White |
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Angi/o |
Vessel |
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Bas/o |
Base |
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Carcin/o |
Cancer |
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Cauter/o |
To burn |
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Cis/o |
To cut |
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Cortic/o |
Outer layer |
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Cry/o |
Cold |
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Cutane/o |
Skin |
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Diaphor/o |
Profuse sweating |
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Electr/o |
Electricity |
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Erythr/o |
Red |
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Esthesi/o |
Feeling |
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Hidr/o |
Sweat |
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Ichthy/o |
Scaly, dry |
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Kerat/o |
Hard, horny |
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Leuk/o |
White |
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Melan/o |
Black |
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Myc/o |
Fungus |
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Necr/o |
Death |
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Onych/o |
Nail |
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Pedicul/o |
Lice |
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Phot/o |
Light |
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Py/o |
Pus |
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Rhytid/o |
Wrinkle |
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Sarc/o |
Flesh |
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Scler/o |
Hard |
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Seb/o |
Oil |
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Septic/o |
Infection |
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System/o |
System |
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Trich/o |
Hair |
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Ungu/o |
Nail |
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Vesic/o |
Sac |
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Xer/o |
Dry |
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-derma |
Skin condition |
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-emia |
Blood condition |
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-ia |
State, condition |
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-iasis |
Abnormal condition |
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-ism |
State of |
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Allo- |
Other |
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Ex- |
Outward |
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Xeno- |
Foreign |
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Cutaneous |
Pertaining to the skin |
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Dermal |
Pertaining to skin |
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Dermic |
Pertaining to skin |
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Epidermal |
Pertaining to above [upon] skin |
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Hypodermic |
Pertaining to below the skin |
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Intradermal |
Pertaining to within skin |
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Subcutaneous |
Pertaining to under skin |
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Ungual |
Pertaining to nails |
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Dermatology |
Study of skin |
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Anhudrosis |
Abnormal condition of no sweat |
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Bulla |
Large blister; larger than a vesicle |
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Comedo |
Collection of harden sebum in hair follicle; also called a blackhead |
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Contusion |
Injury caused by a blow to the body; causes swelling, pain, and bruising; skin is not broken |
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Cyst |
Fluid filled sac under the skin |
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Depigmentation |
Loss of normal skin color or pigment |
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Diaphoresis |
Profuse sweating |
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Ecchymosis |
Skin discoloration caused by blood collecting under skin following blunt trauma to skin also known as a bruise |
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Erythema |
Redness or flushing of skin |
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Eschar |
Thick layer of Dead tissue and tissue fluid that develops over deep burn area |
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Fissure |
Crack like lesion or groove on skin |
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Hirsutism |
Excessive hair growth over body |
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Hyperemia |
Redness of skin due to increased blood flow |
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Hyperhidroasis |
Abnormal condition of excessive sweat |
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Culture and sensitivity |
Laboratory test that grows a colony of bacteria removed from infected area in order to identify specific infecting bacteria and then determine its sensitivity to a variety of antibiotics |
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Biopsy |
Piece of tissue removed by syringe and needle knife punch or brush to examine under a microscope; used to aid in diagnosis |
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Excisional biopsy |
Entire suspicious area of tissue removed for examination |
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Exfoliative cytology |
Scraping cells from tissue and then examining them under a microscope |
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Xenograft |
Skin graft from animal or other species to a human also called a heterograft hetero different |
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