Unit 4 Roots Flashcards by Mariah Lunt

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abrasion

A

scraping off skin

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acne
(volcano)

A

skin eruption

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actin

A

ray, beam

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aden

A

gland

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albin/o

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the color white

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alopec

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bald

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amine

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chemical group containing nitrogen

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andro

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male

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angi/o

A

vessel

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bili

A

bile

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carot

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carrot; the color orange

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caut

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burn

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cer/at
corn

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horn

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cicatrix

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scar

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circ

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a ring; circle

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cision

A

cut

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comedo

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waxy secretion of the skin

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cori/a

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leather, skin

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crust

A

crust; rind

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crine

A

secretion, release from cells/body

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crypt

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hidden; concealed

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cub

A

lie down

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cyan

A

the color blue

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derm/at/o

A

skin

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desicc sicc xer/o

dry

ecchymosis

bleeding under the skin

electr/o

related to electricity

erosion

"gnawing away"

erythr/o

the color red

esthe

sensation; perception

fibr/o

fiber

fissure

deep crack

gen geno genet

birth (dealing with inheritance)

glabr

smooth

graft

transfer of tissue from one place to another

gran

grain

hem hemo hemat hemato

blood

hist/o

tissue

hidr hidra hidro

sweat

ichthy

fish

impetigo

skin eruption

incision

cut

juan

yellow

kel

claw

kerat/o

horn

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

lun

moon

macer

soften

melan/o

the color black

myc/o

fungus

myring/o

eardrum

necr

dead

nevus

mole

nidus

nest

nod(e)

knot

onych/o

nail; "little claw"

ops

seeing, appearance

pachy

thick

pap papilla

nipple

permeable

able to be penetrated

petechia

small, red spots on the skin

pheo

grey or dark in color

pigment

coloring agent

pil/o trich/o

hair

plaque

sticky deposit

plas(tic)

something molded

prur(is) psora

itch

pruritic

something which causes an itch

ras

scrape

regulat(e)

control or maintain

rhino

nose

rhytid/o

wrinkle

rub

red

scale

scale

scess

going

seb seba sebo sebum

a wxy secretion from a skin gland

sens

sensation; perception

septic

dilled with microorganisms

some

body

squam

a shape wider than high

steat/o

fatty

suction

using negative pressure

surgery

using tools to alter the structure of the body

sweat

perspiration

tect

roof

therapy

treatment to make something better

thermo

temperature

tinea

fungal infection

top

place

tumor

swelling

unguent

ointment; grease

urtica

nettle, stinger

vapora(te)

steam

vascul

little vessel

verruca

wart

vesic

bladder

vitiligo

skin disease

vulgaris xantho

common

zein

boil