Word Parts
What combining form means skin?
Cutane/o, Derm/o, Dermat/o
What is the outermost layer of the skin?
Epidermis
Excessive bodily and facial hair in women, usually occurring in a male pattern.
Hirsutism
What procedure removes a piece of tissue for examination?
Biopsy
What term means a cluster of connected boils?
Carbuncle
What combining form means sebum?
Seb/o
What is the med term for a fat cell?
Lipocytes
What term means itching?
Pruritus
A skin infection caused by an infestation of itch mites.
Scabies
What term is also known as hives?
Urticaria
What combining form means sweat?
Hidr/o
What fibrous protein makes up the epidermis, hair, and nails and provides a water repellent, protective layer?
Keratin
What term means excessively dry skin?
Xeroderma
What procedure is the surgical removal of fat?
Liposuction, Lipectomy
The term that refers to an acute infection of the fold of skin around a nail.
Paronychia
What combining form means dry?
Xer/o
What term is the half-moon-shaped region of the nail?
Lunula
Condition that is a closed pocket containing pus that is caused by a bacterial infection.
Abscess
What procedure is the removal of dirt from a wound?
Debridement
What term means a fungal infection of the nail?
Onychomycosis
What combining form means black or dark?
Melan/o
What term means the production of sweat?
Hidrosis
Which lesions are large, tender, swollen areas caused by staphylococcal infection around hair follicles?
Furuncles
What procedure is the surgical removal of wrinkles?
Rhytidectomy
What is the med term for a mole?
Nevus