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Medical Terms chp 3

  1. adip/o
    lip/o
    steat/o
    fat
  2. -cele
    swelling, hernia
  3. -cyte
    cell
  4. cutane/o
    dermat/o
    derm/o
    skin
  5. -ous
    -ic
    -al
    pertaning to, relating to
  6. -logist
    specialist in study of
  7. hypo-
    under, below, deficient
  8. hidr/o
    sudor/o
    sweat
  9. aden
    gland
  10. -esis
    condition
  11. ichthy/o
    dry, scaly
  12. -osis
    abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells
  13. kerat/o
    horny tissue; hard;cornea
  14. melan/o
    black
  15. -oma
    tumor
  16. myc/o
    fungus (plural, fungi)
  17. onycho/o
    nail
  18. -malacia
    softening
  19. pil/o
    trich/o
    hair
  20. nid
    nest
  21. -pathy
    disease
  22. scler/o
    hardening; sclera (white of eye)
  23. seb/o
    sebum, sebaceous
  24. -rrhea
    discharge, flow
  25. squam/o
    scale
  26. xer/o
    dry
  27. -phoresis
    carrying, transmission
  28. -plasty
    surgical repair
  29. -therapy
    treatment
  30. py/o
    pus
  31. dia
    through, across
  32. cry/o
    cold
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Medical Terms chp 3
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