Adip/o
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- Adip/o
- Fat
- Albin/o
- White
- Bi/o
- Life
- Cry/o
- Cold
- Cutane/o
- Skin
- Cyan/o
- Blue
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Derm/o
Dermat/o - Skin
- Diaphor/o
- Profuse sweating
- Hidr/o
- Sweat
- Ichthy/o
- Scaly, dry
- Kerat/o
- Hard, horny
- Leuk/o
- White
- Lip/o
- Fat
- Melan/o
- Black
- Myc/o
- Fungus
- Necr/o
- Death
- Onych/o
- Nail
- Pachy/o
- Thick
- Pil/o
- Hair
- Py/o
- Pus
- Rhytid/o
- Wrinkle
- Scler/o
- Hard
- Seb/o
- Oil
- Trich/o
- Hair
- Ungu/o
- Nail
- Xanth/o
- Yellow
- Xer/o
- Dry
- -derma
- Skin
- -opsy
- View of
- -plakia
- A plate
- -tome
- Instrument used to cut
- Abrasion
- Scraping of skin surface
- Abscess
- Collection of pus in skin
- Albino
- Genetic condition where melanin is not produced
- Alopecia
- Absence/loss of hair
- Cicatrix
- Scar
- Comedo
- Hardened sebum in hair follicle (blackhead)
- Contusion
- Injury due to blow, results in pain, swelling, bruising. No broken skin.
- Cyanosis
- Blue tint to skin due to deoxygenated blood.
- Cyst
- Fluid-filled sac under the skin
- Decubitus ulcer
- Bedsore
- Depigmentation
- Loss of normal skin color/pigment
- Diaphoresis
- Profuse sweating
- Ecchymosis
- Bruise
- Erythema
- Flusing of the skin
- Fissure
- Crack-like groove on the skin
- Hemangioma
- Benign tumor of dilated blood vessles
- Hirsutism
- Excessive body hair growth
- Hyperemia
- Redness of skin because of increased blood flow
- Keratosis
- Overgrowth/thickening of epidermis
- Macule
- Flat, discolored area (freckle)
- Nevus
- Pigmented congenital skin blemish (birthmark)
- Nodule
- Firm, solid mass of cells in skin
- Papule
- Small, solid, circular raised spot
- Pediculosis
- Infestation with lice
- Petechiae
- Pinpoint purple or red spots on the skin
- Polyp
- Small tumor with stem attachment
- Pruritus
- Severe itching
- Purpura
- Skin hemorrhage because of fragile blood vessels (often seen in the elderly)
- Purulent
- Continuous production of pus
- Pustule
- Raised spot filled with pus
- Scabies
- Skin disease caused by mite
- Suppurative
- Continuous production of pus
- Ulcer
- Open sore/lesion in skin or mucous membrane
- Urticaria
- Hives
- Verruca
- Warts (caused by virus)
- Vesicle
- Blister
- Vitiligo
- Disappearance of pigment from skin in patches
- Wheal
- Small, round, raised area on skin
- Carbuncle
- Furuncle involving several hair follicles
- Cellulitis
- Diffuse/acute infection/ inflammation of skin
- Furuncle
- Boil; bacterial infection of the hair follicle
- Gangrene
- Tissue necrosis usually due to deficient blood supply
- Ichthyosis
- Condition where skin is dry, scaly, and keratinized
- Impetigo
- Bacterial infection where pustules rupture and crust over
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- Skin cancer frequently seen in AIDS patients
- Leukoplakia
- Change in mucous membrane where white patches appear on tongue and cheek
- Onychia
- Infected nail bed
- Paronychia
- Infection around the nail bed
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Skin condition which results in blisters
- Shingles
- Eruption of vesicles along the nerve path
- Tinea
- Fungal skin disease
- Tinea capitis
- Fungal infection of the scalp (ringworm)
- Tinea pedis
- Athlete's foot
- Varicella
- Viral; chicken pox
- Wet gangrene
- Infected area by pus-production bacteria