Medical Terminology Chapter 12 - Skin: The Integumentary System Word Parts

seb/o (combining form)

sebum (seborrhea)

rhytid/o (combining form)

wrinkle (rhytidectomy)

melan/o (combining form)

black, dark (melanoma)

xer/o (combining form)

dry (xeroma)

lip/o (combining form)

fat, lipid (lipoma)

onych/o (combining form)

fingernail or toenail (onychomycosis)

myc/o (combining form)

fungus (mycosis)

pil/i, pil/o (combining form)

hair (pilocystic)

hirsut/o (combining form)

hairy, rough (hirsutism)

kerat/o (combining form)

horny, hard (keratotomy)

py/o (combining form)

pus (pyoid)

urtic/o (combining form)

rash, hives (urticaria)

derm/o, dermat/o (combining forms)

skin (dermatitis)

cutane/o (combining form)

skin (subcutaneous)

hidr/o (combining form)

sweat (hidroa)