Root Word
cutane/o
skin
epi-
above, on top of
-derma
skin condition
trich/o
hair
albin/o
white, lacking pigment
epiderm/o
epidermis, outer skin
hyper-
above, excessive
-oma
tumor, mass
pil/o
hair
myc/o
fungus
kerat/o
keratin, hard, horn-like tissue
intra-
within
-phagia
eating, swallowing
melan/o
black, dark pigment (melanocyte)
sudor/i
sweat
xer/o
dry
sub-
under, beneath
-cyte
cell
seb/o
sebum, oil gland
scler/o
hard
ichthy/o
scaly, dry (like fish)
peri-
around
-logy
the study of
onych/o
nail
hidr/o
sweat