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-logist
- specialist in the study of
- dermat/o/logist - specialist in the treatment of skin disorders
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xer/o
- dry
- xer/o/derma - dry skin
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derm/o
- skin
- hypo/derm/ic - pertaining to under the skin
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lip/o
- fat
- lip/o/cele - hernia containing fat
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-therapy
- treatment
- cry/o/therapy - use of cold in the treatment (of disease)
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-cyte
- cell
- lip/o/cyte - fat cell
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-logy
- study of
- dermat/o/logy - study of the skin (and its diseases)
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dermat/o
- skin
- dermat/o/plasty - surgical repair of the skin
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scler/o
- hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
- scler/o/derma - hardening of the skin
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steat/o
- fat
- steat/itis - inflammation of fatty (adipose) tissue
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cutane/o
- skin
- sub/cutane/ous - pertaining to beneath the skin
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sudor/o
- sweat
- sudor/esis - profuse sweating
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xen/o
- foreign, strange
- xen/o/graft - skin transplant from a foreign donor (usually a pig) for a human; also called heterograft
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myc/o
- fungus (plural fungi)
- dermat/o/myc/osis - fungal infection of the skin
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onych/o
- nail
- onych/o/malacia - softening of the nails
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pil/o
- hair
- pil/o/nid/al - pertaining to hair in a nest
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squam/o
- scale
- squam/out - pertaining to scales (or covered with scales)
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-derma
- skin
- py/o/derma - pus in the skin
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adip/o
- fat
- adip/osis - abnormal condition of fat
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trich/o
- hair
- trich/o/pathy - disease involving the hair
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hidr/o
- sweat
- hidr/aden/itis - inflammation of the sweat glands
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melan/o
- black
- melan/oma - black tumor
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ichthy/o
- dry. scaly
- ichthy/osis - abnormal condition of dry or scaly skin
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ungu/o
- nail
- ungu/al - pertaining to the nails
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seb/o
- sebum, sebaceous
- seb/o/rrhea - discharge of sebum
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