Chapter 12 Medical Terminology Word parts
papill/o
resembling a nipple
seb/o
sebaceous glands
seb/o
sebum
-opsy
view of
albin/o
white
an-
without
rhytid/o
wrinkle
-esis
abnormal condition
-osis
abnormal condition
epi-
above or upon
axill/o
armpit
alopec/o
baldness
melan/o
black, dark
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
angi/o
blood or lymph vessels
contus/o
bruise
-cytes
cell
cry/o
cold
-ia
condition
-aria
connected with
-lysis
destruction
xer/o
dry
ichthy/o
dry or scaly
-phagia
eating or swallowing
electr/o
electric
blephar/o
eyelid
lip/o
fat, lipid
onych/o
fingernail or toenail
erythem/o
flushed, redness
myc/o
fungus
granul/o
granular
-phyma
growth
kel/o
growth or tumor
pil/i, pil/o
hair
trich/o
hair
follicul/o
hair follicle
hirsut/o
hairy, rough
scler/o
hard
crypt/o
hidden
koil/o
hollow or concave
kerat/o
horny, hard
prurit/o
itching
-ula
little
pedicul/o
llice
lun/o
moon
phor/o
movement
onych/o, ungu/o
nails
par-
near
rhin/o
nose
-is
noun ending
-surgery
operative procedure
-ary
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
bi-
pertaining to life
ecchym/o
pouring out of juice
purpur/o
purple
py/o
pus
urtic/o
rash, hives
erythr/o
red
-oid
resembling
-derma
skin
cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o
skin
-ectomy
surgical removal
-plasty
surgical repair
hidr/o
sweat glands
dia-
thorough or complete
-oma
tumor
