Medical Terminology: Combining Forms - Chap.16
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squam/o
scale-like
seb/o
sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
albin/o
white
leuk/o
white
rhytid/o
wrinkle
xanth/o
yellow
melan/o
black
caus/o
burn, burning
xer/o
dry
ichthy/o
dry, scaly (fish-like)
lip/o
fat
steat/o
fat
adip/o
fat (see lip/o and steat/o)
myc/o
fungus (fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms)
trich/o
hair
pil/o
hair (see trich/o), hair follicle
kerat/o
hard
cauter/o
heat, burn
ungu/o
nail
onych/o
nail (see ungu/o)
phyt/o
plant
diaphor/o
profuse sweating (see hidr/o)
py/o
pus
erythem/o, erythemat/o
redness
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
cutane/o
skin (see derm/o)
hidr/o
sweat
