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MedTerm Ch. 4

  1. -malacia
    softening
  2. cutane/o
    skin
  3. derm/o
    skin
  4. dermat/o
    skin
  5. -phagia
    eating or swallowing
  6. -rrhea
    flow, discharge
  7. -opsy
    view of, viewing
  8. -plasty
    surgical repair
  9. -tome
    instrument used to cut
  10. per-
    through
  11. trans-
    through, across, beyond
  12. -coccus
    berry shaped (form of bacterium)
  13. -ia
    diseased or abnormal state, condition of
  14. -itis
    inflammation
  15. -ectomy
    excision or surgical removal
  16. -a
    noun suffix, no meaning
  17. sub-
    under, below
  18. pachy/o
    thick
  19. staphyl/o
    grapelike clusters
  20. xer/o
    dry
  21. intra-
    within
  22. rhytid/o
    wrinkles
  23. strept/o
    twisted chains
  24. epi-
    on, upon, over
  25. para-
    beside, beyond, around, abnormal
  26. trich/o
    hair
  27. bi/o
    life
  28. crypt/o
    hidden
  29. myc/o
    fungus
  30. necr/o
    death (cells, body)
  31. heter/o
    other
  32. aut/o
    self
  33. coni/o
    dust
  34. hidr/o
    sweat
  35. onych/o
    nail
  36. ungu/o
    nail
  37. seb/o
    sebum
  38. kerat/o
    horny tissue, hard
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MedTerm Ch. 4
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Medical Terminology
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