Download Medical Terminology: A List of Prefixes, Suffixes, and Definitions and more Quizzes Medical Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 adip/o, lip/o, steat/o DEFINITION 1 WR: fat TERM 2 cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o DEFINITION 2 WR: skin TERM 3 cyt/o DEFINITION 3 WR: cell TERM 4 hidr/o, sudor/o DEFINITION 4 WR: sweat TERM 5 hydr/o DEFINITION 5 WR: water TERM 6 ichthy/o DEFINITION 6 WR: dry, scaly TERM 7 kerat/o DEFINITION 7 WR: horny tissue; hard; cornea TERM 8 myc/o DEFINITION 8 WR: fungus TERM 9 necr/o DEFINITION 9 WR: death, necrosis TERM 10 onych/o DEFINITION 10 WR: nail TERM 21 tome DEFINITION 21 S: instrument to cut TERM 22 cele DEFINITION 22 S: hernia, swelling TERM 23 cyte DEFINITION 23 S: cell TERM 24 derma DEFINITION 24 S: skin TERM 25 emia DEFINITION 25 S: blood condition TERM 26 esis DEFINITION 26 S: condition TERM 27 itis DEFINITION 27 S: inflammation TERM 28 logist DEFINITION 28 S: specialist in study of TERM 29 logy DEFINITION 29 S: study of TERM 30 malacia DEFINITION 30 S: softening TERM 31 oma DEFINITION 31 S: tumor TERM 32 osis DEFINITION 32 S: abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) TERM 33 pathy DEFINITION 33 S: disease TERM 34 penia DEFINITION 34 S: decrease, deficiency TERM 35 phagia DEFINITION 35 S: swallowing, eating TERM 46 Derm DEFINITION 46 dermatology TERM 47 FH DEFINITION 47 family history TERM 48 ID DEFINITION 48 intradermal TERM 49 IM DEFINITION 49 intramuscular TERM 50 PE DEFINITION 50 physical examination TERM 51 WBC DEFINITION 51 white blood cell, white blood count TERM 52 abrasion DEFINITION 52 Rubbing some skin off; Scraping, or rubbing away of a surface, such as skin, by friction TERM 53 abscess DEFINITION 53 Ball of pus; Localized collection of pus at the site of an infection (characteristically a staphylococcal) TERM 54 acne DEFINITION 54 Pimples; Inflammatory disease of sebaceous follicles of the skin, marked by comedos (blackheads), papules, and pustules (whiteheads) TERM 55 alopecia DEFINITION 55 Baldness; Absence or loss of hair, especially of the head, also known as baldness TERM 56 biopsy DEFINITION 56 Removal of a small piece of tissue for testing; Removal of a small piece of living tissue from an organ or other part of the body for microscopic examination to confirm or establish a diagnosis, estimate prognosis, or follow the course of a disease TERM 57 comedo DEFINITION 57 Blackhead; TERM 58 eczema DEFINITION 58 Itchy skin; Redness of the skin caused by swelling of the capillaries TERM 59 gangrene DEFINITION 59 Form of necrosis associated with blood loss; Form of necrosis associated with loss of blood supply TERM 60 graft DEFINITION 60 Piece of tissue transplanted on the body; Tissue transplanted or implanted in a part of the body to repair a defect
