Word Surgery
Suffix meaning "Surgical removal or excision."
What is -ectomy?
The word root used to describe a patient with a blue discoloration of the skin.
What is Cyano?
The general clinical term for the removal of a small piece of living tissue for microscopic view.
What is a Biopsy?
The medical word root for the anatomical structure known as the nail.
What is Onych/o?
The medical term for the general inflammation of the skin.
What is Dermatitis?
The suffix used to describe the surgical repair of a structure, such as the skin.
What is -plasty?
The word root used to describe "erythroderma," or abnormal redness of the skin.
What is Erythro?
The laboratory test used to identify a specific pathogen and determine which antibiotic will treat it.
What is a C&S (or Culture and Sensitivity)?
Either of the two medical word roots used to describe the hair.
What is Pil/o (or Trich/o)?
The medical term that literally translates to "abnormally dry skin."
What is Xeroderma?
The prefix used to describe a graft taken from one's own "self."
What is Aut-?
The word root used to describe a yellow discoloration of the skin.
What is Xantho?
The specific biopsy that uses a circular tool to remove a "cylindrical core" of all skin layers.
What is a Punch Biopsy?
The medical word root for the fluid produced by sudoriferous glands (sweat).
What is Hidr/o?
The clinical condition of excessive or profuse sweating.
What is Hyperhidrosis?
The suffix used in the term "onychophagia" to describe the act of eating or swallowing.
What is -phagia?
The word root starting with the letter "A" used to describe a lack of pigment (white).
What is Albino?
The clinical term for fluid, pus, or serum that has leaked out of damaged tissue.
What is Exudate?
The medical word root for the oil produced by sebaceous glands.
What is Seb/o?
A chronic disease characterized by the hardening and thickening of the skin.
What is Scleroderma?
The prefix used to describe something "strange or foreign," such as a graft from a different species.
What is Xen-?
The word root used to describe a black-pigmented malignant tumor.
What is Melano?
The surgical procedure of removing dirt, foreign objects, and dead tissue from a wound.
What is Debridement?
The medical word root used to describe any gland.
What is Aden/o?
The clinical term for the inflammation of a sweat gland.
What is Hidradenitis?