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45 Cards in this Set
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Xer/o |
Dry |
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Strept/o |
Twisted chains |
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Seb/o |
Sebum (oil) |
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Trich/o |
Hair |
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Staphyl/o |
Grape like clusters |
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Rhytid/o |
Wrinkles |
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Necr/o |
Death (cells, body) |
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Pachy/o |
Thick |
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Heter/o |
Other |
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Kerat/o |
Horns tissue; hard |
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Derm/o, dermat/o |
Skin |
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Coni/o |
Dust |
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Bi/o |
Life |
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Crypt/o |
Hidden |
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Onych/o, ungu/o |
Nail |
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Myc/o |
Fungus |
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Hidr/o |
Sweat |
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-coccus |
Berry-shaped |
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-ia |
Diseased or abnormal state; condition of |
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-a |
Noun suffix; no meaning |
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-ectomy |
Excision or surgical removal |
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-malacia |
Softening |
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-rrhea |
Flow; discharge |
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-phagia |
Eating; swallowing |
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-itis |
Inflammation |
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-opsy |
View of; viewing |
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-tome |
Instrument used to cut |
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-plasty |
Surgical repair |
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Epi- |
On; upon; over |
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Intra- |
Within |
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Para- |
Beside; beyond; around; abnormal |
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Sub- |
Under; below |
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Per- |
Through |
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Trans- |
Through; across; beyond |
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Aut/o |
Self |
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Epidermis |
Outer layer of skin |
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Dermis |
Inner layer of skin (also called the true skin) |
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Dermatofibroma |
Fibrous tumor of the skin |
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Paronychia |
Diseased state around the nail |
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Xeroderma |
Dry skin |
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Abscess |
Localized collection of pus |
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Fissure |
Slit or cracklike sore in the skin |
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Gangrene |
Death of tissue caused by loss of blood supply followed by bacterial invasion |
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Rhytidoplasty |
Surgical repair of wrinkles |
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Keloid |
Overgrowth of scar tissue |
