Medical Terminology Simplified

3–30 Lip/o/suction is performed for cosmetic reasons and used primarily to re-

move or reduce localized areas of fat around the abdomen, breasts, legs, face, and

upper arms, where skin is contractile enough to redrape in a normal manner.

Lip/o/suction literally means suction of__________.

3–31 List three CFs that refer to the skin.

__________ / _____, ____________________ / _____, and

____________________ / _____

3–32 Use dermat/oto form a word meaning

surgical repair (of ) skin: ____________________ / _____ / ____________________

inflammation (of the) skin:

____________________ / __________

3–33 The noun suffixes -logyand -logistcontain the same root, log/o,which

means study of.The yat the end of a term means condition or processand denotes a

noun ending. The definitions of both suffixes are easier to remember if you analyze

their components: -logymeans study of;-logistmeans specialist in the study of.

The root in each suffix that means study ofis __________.

The element in the suffix -logistthat means specialist is __________.

The element in the suffix -logythat means condition or processis _____.

3–34 Refer to Frame 3–33 and use dermat/oto develop words that mean

study of the skin:____________________ / _____ / __________

specialist who treats skin disorders:____________________ / _____ /

____________________

3–35 Use dermat/oto practice forming words that mean

tumor of the skin:____________________ / __________

disease of the skin:____________________ / _____ / __________

study of the skin:____________________ / _____ / __________

3–36 Scler/osis is an abnormal condition of ____________________.

3–37 Scler/o/derma, a chronic hardening and thickening of the skin, is caused by

new collagen formation. It is characterized by inflammation that ultimately develops

into fibrosis (scarring), then sclerosis (hardening) of tissues.

Systemic scler/o/derma can be defined as hardening of the __________.

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Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

fat

derm/o, dermat/o,

cutane/o

dermat/o/plasty

DĔR-mă-tō-plăs-tē

dermat/itis

dĕr-mă-TĪ-tĭs

log

-ist

-y

dermat/o/logy

dĕr-mă-TŎL-ō-jē

dermat/o/logist

dĕr-mă-TŎL-ō-jĭst

dermat/oma

dĕr-mă-TŌ-mă

dermat/o/pathy

dĕr-mă-TŎP-ă-thē

dermat/o/logy

dĕr-mă-TŎL-ō-jē

hardening

skin