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Medical Terminoloty (Chap 5)
Integumentary System
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
12/18/2007
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adip/o

lip/o

steat/o

 Definition
fat
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cutane/o

dermat/o

derm/o

 Definition
skin
Term

hidr/o

sudor/o

 Definition
sweat
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ichthy/o
 Definition
dry, scaly
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kerat/o
 Definition
horny tissue; hard; cornea
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melan/o
 Definition
black
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mye/o
 Definition
fungus (plural, fungi)
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onych/o

ungu/o

 Definition
nail
Term

pil/o

trich/o

 Definition
hair
Term
scler/o
 Definition
hardening; sclera (white of eye)
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seb/o

 Definition
sebum, sebaceous
Term
squam/o
 Definition
scale
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xen/o
 Definition
foreign, strange
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xer/o

 Definition
dry
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-derma
 Definition
skin
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-logist
 Definition
specialist in the study of
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-logy
 Definition

study of

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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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an-
 Definition
without, not
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dia-
 Definition
through, across
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epi-
 Definition
above, upon
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homo-
 Definition
same
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above normal
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sub-
 Definition
under, below
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