3–59 The CF onych/orefers to the nail(s). Form medical words that mean
tumor of the nail (or nail bed):____________________ / __________
disease of the nail:____________________ / _____ / ____________________
3–60 The term malacia means abnormal softening of tissue.This term is also used
in words as a suffix.
Build a word with -malaciathat means softening of the nail(s).
____________________ / _____ / ____________________
3–61 Nails become white, opaque, thickened, and brittle when a person has a dis-
ease called onych/o/myc/osis.
Identify elements in onych/o/myc/osis that mean
nail:____________________ / _____
fungus:__________
abnormal condition:__________
3–62 When you see the term onych/o/myc/osis in a medical chart, you will know
it means an infection of the __________caused by a fungus.
3–63 The noun suffix -dermadenotes skin.A person with excessive dryness of
the skin has a condition called xer/o/derma.
From xer/o/derma, identify the CF that means dry.
__________ / _____
3–64 The suffix -celerefers to a ____________________ or
____________________.
3–65 A hernia containing fat or fatty tissue is called an adip/o/cele or
__________ / _____ / __________.
Competency Verification:Check your labeling of Figure 3–3 in Appendix B: Answer Key, page 567.
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Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.
onych/oma
ŏn-ĭ-KŌ-mă
onych/o/pathy
ŏn-ĭ-KŎP-ăth-ē
onych/o/malacia
ŏn-ĭ-kō-mă-LĀ-shē-ă
onych/o
myc
-osis
nail(s)
xer/o
hernia, swelling
lip/o/cele
LĬP-ō-sēl