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65 Cards in this Set
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abras/o
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to rub away
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aden/o
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gland
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aut/o
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self
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bi/o
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life (the prefix bi-means two, but root word bi-means life)
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carcin/o
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cancer
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crypt/o
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hidden
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cutane/o
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skin
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derm/o, dermat/o
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skin
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elast/o
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change shape
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eryth/o, erythr/o
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red
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fibro/o
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fiber
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heter/o
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other
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hidro/o
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sweat
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kerat/o
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hard, horny tissue
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lei/o
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smooth
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leuk/o
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white
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myc/o
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fungas
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necr/o
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death
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onycho/o
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nail
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pachy/o
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thick
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pedicul/o
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body louse
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rhytid/o
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wrinkle
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sarc/o
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flesh, meat
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scler/o
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thick, hard; sclera
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seb/o
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sebum or oil
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trich/o
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hair
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xer/o
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dry
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-genic
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pertaining to producing, formation, causing
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-ia
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condition of
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-ion
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process
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-malacia
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softening
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-phagia
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eating or swollowing
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-tome
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cutting instrument
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-osis
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condition of
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par-
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near, alongside departure from normal
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furuncle
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localized skin infection origination from a hair follicle AKA: a boil
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contusion
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an injury to the skin that causes discoloration and swelling without breaking the skin surface AKA Bruise
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pallor
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abnormal lack of skin color
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dematitis
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inflammation of the skin
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dermatofibroma
(DER mah toh fye Broh mah) |
fibrous tumor of the skin
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ecchymosis
(ek ih MOH siss) |
purplish patch on the skin caused by leaking blood vessels
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herpes
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skin eruption characterized by clusters of deep blisters that appear periodically
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hidradenitis
(high drad en EYE tiss) |
inflammation of sweat gland
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hyperhidrosis
(high per high droh siss) |
excessive perspiration
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leiodermia
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abnormally smooth skin
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onychomalacia
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softening of the nails
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onychomycosis
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fungal infection of the nails
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onychophagia
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abnormal behavior of nail biting or eating
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pachyderma
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abnormal thickening of the skin
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pediculosis
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infestation of the hair and skin with lice
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debridement
(day breed MON) |
removal of diseased or dead tissue and foreign matter from a wound
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dermabrasion
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removal of skin scars with abrasives such as sand paper
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dermatoautoplasty
(der mah to aw to plass tee) |
surgical repair that uses the patient's skin for a skin graft, also called an autograft
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dermatoheteroplasty
(DER mah toh HETT er oh PLASS tee) |
surgical repair that uses skin from another souce other than the paitien for the skin graft; AKA allograft
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dermatome
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an instrument used to cut skin
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dermatoplasty
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Surgical repair of the skin
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emollient
(ee Mall ee ent) |
an agent that softens or smooths the skin
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onychectomy
(on ee KEK toh mee) |
surgical removal of the nail
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percutaneous
(per kyoo TAY nee uss) |
pertaining to through the skin
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rhytidectomy
(rit ih DEK toh mee) |
excision of wrinkles (surgical removal)
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rhytidoplasty
(rit ih do plass tee) |
surgical repair of wrinkles
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BCC
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Basal Cell Carcinoma
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I&D
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incision and drainage
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sc
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Subcutaneous
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TBSA
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total body surface area
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