Combining Forms
necr/o
What is dead?
What is red?
epi-
-lysis
What is destruction?
This term refers to the scraping away of skin or mucous membranes.
What is an abrasion?
cyt/o
What is cell?
melan/o
What is black?
hyper-
What is excessive or above?
-gram
What is record?
Thermal energy to the skin is caused by a variety of heat sources. There are three degrees of these.
What is a burn?
cutan/o, dern/o, or derm/o
What is skin?
albin/o or leuk/o
What is white?
neo-
What is new?
-oid
What is resembling?
This is a small crack or break in the skin.
What is a fissure?
kerat/o
What is a horn-like tissue or cornea?
xanth/o or cirrh/o
What is yellow?
hypo-
What is below or beneath?
-rrhea
What is flow or discharge?
These are tiny red or purple hemorrhagic spots.
What are petechiae?
scler/o
What is hardening or sclera?
cyan/o
What is blue?
What is abnormal, bad, painful, or difficult?
-phage or -phagia
What is eating or swallowing?
A contagious disease caused by Scarcoptes scabiei, also known as the "itch mite".
What is scabies?