Combining Forms I
melanin, black
What is melan/o
chemical
What is chem/o
white skin condition
What is leukoderma
dry skin condition
skin injury that scrapes away surface skin
What is an abrasion
sweat
What is hidr/o
lice
What is pedicul/o
abnormal condition of excessive sweating
What is hyperhidrosis
enlarged gland
bacterial infection of a hair follicle
What is a boil
gland
What is aden/o
death
What is necr/o
tumor made of fat
What is adipoma
resembling fat
blunt trauma to skin that results in bruise but no break in skin
What is a contusion
nail
What is onych/o
fungus
Why is myc/o
inflammation of a gland
What is adenitis
discharge of oil
What is seborrhea
removal of foreign material and dead/damaged tissue from a wound
What is debridement
pus
What is py/o
bladder, sac
What is vesic/o
abnormal softening of a nail
What is onychomalacia
producing pus
What is pyogenic
"black and blue" skin bruise caused by blood under skin after trauma
What is ecchymosis