Word roots, Integumentary System Flashcards
(36 cards)
1
Q
aut/o
A
self
2
Q
bi/o
A
life
3
Q
coccus (plural cocci)
A
berry shaped (form of bacterium)
4
Q
coni/o
A
dust
5
Q
crypt/o
A
hidden
6
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
7
Q
derm/o, dermat/o
A
skin
8
Q
ectomy
A
excision or surgical removal
9
Q
epi
A
on, upon, over
10
Q
heter/o
A
other
11
Q
hidr/o
A
sweat
12
Q
ia
A
diseased or abnormal state, condition of
13
Q
intra
A
within
14
Q
itis
A
inflammation
15
Q
kerat/o
A
horny tissue, hard
16
Q
malacia
A
softening
17
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
18
Q
necr/o
A
death (cells, body)
19
Q
onych/o
A
nail
20
Q
opsy
A
view of, viewing
21
Q
pachy/o
A
thick
22
Q
para
A
beside, beyond, around, abnormal
23
Q
per
A
through
24
Q
phagia
A
eating or swallowing
25
plasty
surgical repair
26
rhytid/o
wrinkles
27
rrhea
flow, discharge
28
seb/o
sebum (oil)
29
staphyl/o
grapelike clusters
30
strept/o
twisted chains
31
sub
under, below
32
tome
instrument used to cut
33
trans
through, across, beyond
34
trich/o
hair
35
ungu/o
nail
36
xer/o
dry
