Ch 3 medical term
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 albin/o | white |
| bi/o | life |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| kerat/o | hard,horny |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | oil |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| xer/o | dry |
| -derma | skin |
| -opsy | view of |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| allo- | other, different from usual |
| xeno- | strange, foreign |
| integumentary system | skin provides protective 2-way barrier between internal envir & outside. plays important role in temp regulation, houses sensory receptors to detect the envir around us and secretes important fluids |
| organs | skin, hair, nails, sebaceous glands, sweat glands |
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