Medical Terminology - Chapter 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dermatology | study of the skin |
| dermatologist | specialist in the study of the skin |
| adip/o; lip/o; steat/o | fat |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cyte; cyt/o | cell |
| -itis | inflammation |
| cutane/o; dermat/o; derm/o; -derma | skin |
| -ous; -ic; -al | pertaining to |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| hidr/o; sudor/o | sweat |
| aden/o | gland |
| -esis | condition |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| -osis | abnormal condition; incease (used primarily with blood cells) |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
| melan/o | black |
| -oma | tumor |
| myc/o | fungus (plural, fungi) |
| onych/o | nail |
| -malacia | softening |
| pil/o; trich/o | hair |
| -pathy | disease |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
| seb/o | sebum; sebaceous |
| -rrhea | discharge; flow |
| squam/o | scale |
| xer/o | dry |
| -oid | resembling |
| py/o | pus |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| dia- | through, across |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -therapy | treatment |
| cry/o | cold |
| melan/o | black |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -penia | decrease; deficiency |
| erythr/o | red |
| auto- | self, own |
| leuk/o; albin/o0 | white |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| necr/o | death, necrosis |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -esis | condition |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| epi- | above, on |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| sub- | under, below |
| adipocellular; adipocytic | pertaining to fatty (or fat) cells |
| adipose tissue | fatty tissue |
| adipohistic | pertaining to fatty tissue |
| lipoma; adipoma; steatoma | fatty tumor |
| -ectomy | removal or excision |
| adipectomy; lipectomy; steatectomy | removal of fat |
| liposuction | suctioning (sucking out) fat |
| dermatoma; dermoma; cutaneoma | tumor of the skin |
| -pathy | disease |
| dermopathy; dermatopathy; cutaneopathy | disease of the skin |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| dermatoplasty; dermoplasty; cutaneoplasty | surgical repair of the skin |
| subcutaneous | pertaining to the area below or under the skin |
| hidrosis; sudorosis | abnormal condition of sweating |
| hidrorrhea | flow or discharge of sweat (excessive sweating) |
| hidroadenoma | tumor of a sweat gland |
| hydroaerobics | water aerobics |
| hydrocephalus | water head; condition of water accumulation in the head |
| hydrotherapy | treatment with water |
| hydrology | study of water |
| onych/o | nail |
| onychoma | tumor of the nail |
| -malacia | softening |
| onychomalacia | softening of the nail |
| onychopathy | diease of the nail |
| trichomalacia | softening of hair |
| -tomy | incision |
| a-; an- | without, no, not |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| anhidrosis | abnormal condition of no sweat |
| dermatitis | inflammation of skin |
| dermatomycosis; dermomycosis | abnormal condition of skin fungus |
| dermatosclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening of the skin |
| hidradenitis; hidroadenitis | inflammation of a sweat gland |
| sudoresis; diaphoresis | condition of profuse sweating |
| hyperhidrosis | abnormal condition of excessive sweating |
| keratosis; keratoses | abnormal condition of hard growth |
| leukocytopenia | decrease in the number of white cells |
| necrocytosis | abnormal condition of dead cells |
| onychomycosis | abnormal condition of nail fungus |
| scleroderma | hardening of skin |
| trichopathy | disease of hair |
| pilosis | excessive formation of hair |
| adipocele; lipocele; steatocele | hernia of fat or fatty tissue |
| xeroderma | skin that is dry (dry skin) |
| gastromalacia | softening of the stomach |
| xanthocyte | a cell that is yellow |
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