Medical Terminology Simplified

66 CHAPTER 3• Integumentary System

Word Element Meaning Word Analysis

Suffixes

-derma skin py/o/derma(pī-ō-DĔR-mă): any pyogenic infection of the skin

py/o:pus

-oid resembling derm/oid(DĔR-moyd): resembling skin

derm:skin

-phoresis carrying, dia/phoresis(dī-ă-fō-RĒ-sĭs): condition of profuse sweating, also called

transmission sudoresisand hyperhidrosis

dia-:through, across

-plasty surgical repair dermat/o/plasty(DĔR-mă-tō-plăs-tē): surgical repair of the skin

dermat/o:skin

-therapy treatment cry/o/therapy(krī-ō-THĔR-ă-pē): treatment using cold as a destructive medium

cry/o: cold

Warts and actinic keratosis are some of the common skin disorders treated with

cryotherapy.

Pronunciation Help Long sound a ̄in ra ̄te e ̄in re ̄birth ı ̄in ı ̄sle o ̄in o ̄ver u ̄in u ̄nite

Short sound a ̆in a ̆lone e ̆in e ̆ver ̆ıin ı ̆t o ̆in no ̆t u ̆in cu ̆t

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