chapter 15

Which of the following terms means containing fat?

Adipose

A skin graft taken from another location on the patient is called a(n)

Autograft

The term melanin refers to what color?

Black

The term that means a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor is

Carcinoma

Which of the following terms means pertaining to the skin?

Cutaneous

The term which derives from the Greek meaning sac, bladder is

Cyst

The root/combining form in the word necrotizing means

Death

The cause of a disease is referred to as the

Etiology

The medical term for a boil is

Furuncle

In the term semipermeable membrane, what does the prefix mean?

Half

What does the root in the term paronychia mean?

Nail

Which medical term means a small, circumscribed elevation on the skin?

Papule

The term acne comes from the Greek word meaning

Point

The root in the medical term erythematous means

Redness

The suffix in the medical term seborrhea is _________ and its meaning is __________.

Rrhea;flow

The best definition for the term dermatitis is

The inflammation of the skin

In the term microscope, what do the word elements mean?

The prefix refers to size and the root refers to an instrument for viewing.

In the word dermatologist, identify the root and the suffix, and the correct meaning for each.

The root is dermat-, meaning skin, and the suffix is -logist, meaning one who studies.

The root/combining form in the word sebaceous means

Wax

Which word elements complete the term that means pertaining to within the muscle?

intra- and -muscul and -ar