Week 4 Integumentary System Medical Terminology
Abbreviation Meaning
adip/o fat
lip/o fat
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o skin
cyt/o cell
eti/o cause
hidr/o sweat
hydr/o water
idi/o unkown, peculiar
kerat/o keratinized tissue, cornea
morph/o shape
myc/o fungus
necr/o dead
onych/o nail
path/o disease
pil/o, trich/o hair
rhytid/o wrinkle
scler/o hardening, sclera
seb/o sebum
son/o sound
xer/o dry
albin/o white
leuk/o white
chromat/o color
cirrh/o yellow
xanth/o yellow
cyan/o blue
erthem/o red
melan/o black
Abbreviation Meaning
adip/o fat
lip/o fat
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o skin
cyt/o cell
eti/o cause
hidr/o sweat
hydr/o water
idi/o unkown, peculiar
kerat/o keratinized tissue, cornea
morph/o shape
myc/o fungus
necr/o dead
onych/o nail
path/o disease
pil/o, trich/o hair
rhytid/o wrinkle
scler/o hardening, sclera
seb/o sebum
son/o sound
xer/o dry
albin/o white
leuk/o white
chromat/o color
cirrh/o yellow
xanth/o yellow
cyan/o blue
erthem/o red
melan/o black