Word Elements
Word Elements Suffixes
Accessory Organs
CF Denoting Color
Abbreviations
100
skin
What is cutane/o
100
skin
What is -derma?
100
oil secreting gland of the skin
What is sebaceous?
100
white (condition of skin)
What is albin/o?
100
BCC
What is basal cell carcinoma?
200
dry, scaly
What is ichthy?
200
resembling
What is -oid?
200
Sweat glands
What is sudoriferous?
200
blue
What is cyan/o?
200
FH
What is family history?
300
black
What is melan/o?
300
carrying, transmission
What is -phoresis?
300
Large numbers of bacteria produce infection, forming whiteheads.
What is pustules?
300
red
What is erythr/o:
300
ung
What is ointment?
400
fungus
What is myc/o
400
surgical repair
What is -plasty?
400
Increased activity of sebaceous glands at puberty may block the hair follice and form blackheads.
What is comedos?
400
white (in white blood cells)
What is leuk/o?
400
XP, XDP
What is xeroderma pigmentosum?
500
sebum, sebaceous
What is seb/o
500
treatment
What is -therapy?
500
Abnormal condition of sweat
What is hidrosis?
500
yellow
What is xer/o?
500
subcu, Sub-Q, subQ
What is subcutaneous (injection)?
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