100 CHAPTER 3• Integumentary System
Integumentary System Chapter Review
Word Elements Summary
The following table summarizes CFs, suffixes, and prefixes related to the integumentary system.
Word Element Meaning Word Element Meaning
Combining Forms
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o fat melan/o black
cutane/o, derm/o, skin myc/o fungus
dermat/o
cyt/o cell necr/o death, necrosis
cyan/o blue onych/o nail
erythr/o, red pil/o, trich/o hair
erythemat/o
hidr/o, sudor/o sweat scler/o hardening; sclera (white of
the eye)
hydr/o water squam/o scale
ichthy/o dry, scaly xanth/o yellow
kerat/o horny tissue; hard; xer/o dry
cornea
leuk/o white
Suffixes
-al, -ous pertaining to -oma tumor
-cele hernia, swelling -osis abnormal condition; increase
(used primarily with blood
cells)
-cyte cell -pathy disease
-derma skin -penia decrease, deficiency
-emia blood condition -phagia swallowing, eating
-esis condition -phoresis carrying, transmission
-itis inflammation -plasty surgical repair
-logist specialist in the study of -rrhea discharge, flow
-logy study of -therapy treatment
-malacia softening -tome instrument to cut
Prefixes
auto- self, own hypo- under, below; deficient
epi- above, on sub- under, belowVisit the Medical Language Labat medicallanguagelab.com.Use the flash-card activity
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