Chapter 3 Defs Flashcards
1
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adip/o lip/o steat/o
A
fat
2
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cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
A
skin
3
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
4
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
5
Q
erythr/o, erythemat/o
A
red
6
Q
hidr/o, sudor/o
A
sweat
7
Q
hydr/o
A
water
8
Q
ichthy/o
A
dry, scaly
9
Q
kerat/o
A
horny tissue; hard; cornea
10
Q
leuk/o
A
white
11
Q
melan/o
A
black
12
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
13
Q
necr/o
A
death, necrosis
14
Q
onych/o
A
nail
15
Q
pil/o, trich/o
A
hair
16
Q
scler/o
A
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
17
Q
squam/o
A
scale
18
Q
xanth/o
A
yellow
19
Q
xer/o
A
dry
20
Q
-al, -ous
A
pertaining to
21
Q
-cele
A
hernia, swelling
22
Q
-cyte
A
cell
23
Q
-derma
A
skin
24
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
25
-esis
condition
26
-itis
inflammation
27
-logist
specialist in the study of
28
-logy
study of
29
-malacia
softening
30
-oma
tumor
31
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
32
-pathy
disease
33
-penia
decrease, deficiency
34
-phagia
swallowing, eating
35
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
36
-plasty
surgical repair
37
-rrhea
discharge, flow
38
-therapy
treatment
39
-tome
instrument to cut
40
auto-
self, own
41
epi-
above, on
42
hypo-
under, below; deficient
43
sub-
under, below
