Chapter 4 Medical Terminology

base (basal)

melanin; black, dark

hair; also: pil/o

hair; also: trich/o

hard, horny.

nail; also ungu/o

nail; also: onych/o

scaly; (squamous)

sebum; also: sebac/o

sebum. also: seb/o

skin. Also: derm/o, cut/o, cutane/o

skin. ALso: derm/o. cutane/o, dermat/o

sudoriferous gland

vessel

purple

far

dilation

scar

scab

fungus

body

fish

sweat

formation

wrinkle

scraping of metal material from the wall of a cavity or other surface to obtain tissue for microscopic examination; done with a curette

rash

color

macule; a flat, distinct discolored area of the skin

sweat

lice

foreign

hidden