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Color Prefixes
Commonly Used Prefixes
Disease
Surgical
General Skin Injuries/Problems
100
This color prefix, cyan/o, means the skin could be what color?
What is blue?
100
This is what is meant by the prefix cutane/o.
What is skin?
100
This prefix is commonly used to mean cancer.
What is carcin/o?
100
This device is used to cut out a small section of skin or make a thin slice of skin to be used for a graft.
What is a dermatome?
100
This is a fluid filled sac that is found under the skin.
What is a cyst?
200
This is what is meant if someone has erythroderma.
What is the individual's skin is red?
200
This common prefix means nail.
What is Onych/o?
200
This common prefix is used to describe chemoradiation.
What is chem/o, meaning chemical?
200
This type of procedure uses extreme cold to freeze and destroy tissue.
What is cryosurgery?
200
This is an inflammatory skin disease with pustules that rupture and can become crusted.
What is impetigo?
300
This is what is meant when the prefix leuk/o is applied to an individual's skin.
WHat is the skin has a white appearence? 
300
This term would apply to someone who has dry skin. Remember derma means skin.
What is xeroderma becausexXer/o means dry and derma means skin?
300

This type of skin cancer is caused by exposure to skin and commonly forms in the epidermis.

What is basal cell carcinoma?

300
This procedure may be used to identify potentially cancerous tissues by using a microscope.
What is a biopsy?
300
This is a fungal skin disease that results in itching and scaling lesions. 
What is tinea?
400
This is the appearence of someone's skin who has meloderma.
What is the skin would appear to be very dark since melan/o means black or melanin?
400
This is the meaning of skin necorsis.
What is skin death because necr/o means death?
400

This skin cancer is prone to spread (metastasize) and begins in a melanocyte.

What is malignant melanoma?

400
This procedure is the removal of superficial layers of skin using chemicals or a chemical peel.
What is chemabrasion?
400
This is a bruise that is commonly foud on individuals with thin, easily damaged skin.
What is a purpura?
500
This term could be applied to a child that a doctor determines is born jaundiced. Remember, derma means skin.
WHat is Xanthoderma could be applied because it means yellow color of the skin
500
This part of the body is involved in the disorder trichotillomania. Use your knowledge of prefixes to determine the answer.
What is hair? Because trich/o means hair.



Trichotillomania is the reccurent, irresistable urge to pull out body hair.

500

This type of skin cancer does not usually spread but starts in the epidermis and can grow deeper.

What is squamous cell carcinoma?

500
This is the removal of foreign, dead, or damaged tissue from a wound. Often used when treating burns.

What is debridment? 

500
This is commonly referred to as a freckle or birthmark.
What is a macule?