Medical Terminology Simplified

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