Integumentary System Flashcards
(29 cards)
1
Q
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
A
fat
2
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carcin/o
A
cancer
3
Q
hidr/o, sudor/o
A
sweat
4
Q
kerat/o
A
horny tissue; hard; cornea
5
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
6
Q
path/o
A
disease
7
Q
pil/o, trich/o
A
hair
8
Q
scler/o
A
hardening; sclera (white of eye)
9
Q
seb/o
A
sebum, sebaceous
10
Q
squam/o
A
scale
11
Q
vascul/o
A
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
12
Q
xanth/o
A
yellow
13
Q
xen/o
A
foreign, strange
14
Q
xer/o
A
dry
15
Q
-cele
A
hernia, swelling
16
Q
-malacia
A
softening
17
Q
-osis
A
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
18
Q
-pathy
A
disease
19
Q
-phoresis
A
carrying, transmission
20
Q
-plasia
A
formation, growth
21
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
22
Q
-ptosis
A
prolapse, downward displacement
23
Q
-therapy
A
treatment
24
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-tome
A
instrument to cut
25
-tomy
incision
26
an-
without, not
27
hyper-
excessive, above normal
28
hypo-
under, below, deficient
29
para-
near, beside; beyond
