Word Parts
Cutane/o
What combining form means skin
Epidermis
What is the outermost layer of skin?
Hirsutism
What term means abnormal hairness?
Biopsy
What procedure removes a piece of tissue for examination?
Carbuncle
What term means a cluster of connected boils?
Seb/o
What combining form means sebum?
Lipocytes
What are also known as fat cells?
Pruritis
What term means itching?
Cauterization
What procedure is the destruction of tissue by burning?
Urticaria
What term is also known as hives?
Hidr/o
What combining form means sweat?
Keratin
What fibrous protein makes up the epidermis hair and nails?
Xeroderma
What term means excessively dry skin?
Liposuction
What procedure is the surgical removal of fat?
Bulla
What term means a large blister?
xer/o
What combining form means dry?
Lunula
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What is the half moon shaped region of the nail?
Alopecia
What term means a partial or complete lack of hair?
Debridement
What is the removal of dirt from a wound?
Onychomycosis
What term means a fungal infection of the nail?
Melan/o
What combining form means black/daerk?
Hidrosis
What term means the production of sweat?
Ecchymosis
What term is also known as a bruise?
Rhytidectomy
DAILY DOUBLE
What procedure is the surgical removal of wrinkles?
Rhinophyma
What term means the over growth of tissue of the nose?