Combining forms, Chapter Sixteen Flashcards
(36 cards)
1
Q
Adip/o
A
Fat
Adipocyte
2
Q
Albin/o
A
white
Albinism
3
Q
Caus/o
A
heat, burn
electocautery
4
Q
Caute/o
A
Skin
subcontaneous
5
Q
Derm/o, Dermat/o
A
Skin
Epidermis
Dermatitis
6
Q
Diaphor/o
A
profuse sweating
diaphoresis
7
Q
Erythem/o. Erythemat/o
A
Redness
Erythemia
8
Q
Hidr/o
A
Sweat
anhidrosis
9
Q
Ichthy/o
A
dry, salty
ichthyosis
10
Q
Kerat/o
A
hard
keratosis
11
Q
Leuk/o
A
white
leukoplakia
12
Q
Lup/i
A
fat
lipoma
13
Q
melan/o
A
black
melanoma
14
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
mycosis
15
Q
onych/o
A
nail
onycholysis
16
Q
phyt/o
A
plant
dernatophytosis
17
Q
pil/o
A
hair
pilosebacenous
18
Q
py/o
A
pus
pyoderma
19
Q
rhytid/o
A
wrinkle
rhytidectomy
20
Q
seb/o
A
sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
seborrhea
21
Q
Squam/o
A
scale-like
squamous epithelium
22
Q
Steat/o
A
fat
steatoma
23
Q
trich/o
A
hair
hypertrichosis
24
Q
ungu/o
A
nail
subungual
25
xanth/o
yellow
| xanthoma
26
xer/o
dry
| xerosis
27
anthrac/o
black (as coal)
| anthracosis
28
chlor/o
green
| chlorophil
29
cirrh/o
tawny yellow
| cirrhosis
30
cyan/o
blue
| cyanosis
31
eosin/o
rosy
| eosinophil
32
jaund/o
yellow
| jaundice
33
lute/o
yellow
| corpus luteum
34
poli/o
gray
| polyosis
35
xanth/o
yellow
| xanthoma
36
-plakia
plaque
