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Integumentary prefixes/suffixes
Combining forms for the Integumentary System
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11/30/2025
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albin/o (albinism)
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white
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chlor/o (chlorophyll)
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green
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cirrh/o (cirrhosis)
 Definition
tawny yellow
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cyan/o (cyanosis)
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blue
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eosin/o (eosinophil)
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rosy
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erythr/o (erythrocyte)
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red
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jaund/o (jaundice)
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yellow
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leuk/o (leukocytes)
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white
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lute/o (corpus luteum)
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yellow
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melan/o (melanoma)
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black
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poli/o (poliomyelitis)
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gray
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xanth/o (xanthoma)
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yellow
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adip/o (adipose)
 Definition
fat (see lip/o and steat/o)
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caus/o (causalgia)
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burn, burning
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cauter/o (electrocauterization)
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heat, burn
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cry/o (cryosurgery)
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cold
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cutane/o (subcutaneous)
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skin (see derm/o)
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derm/o, dermat/o
(epidermis, dermatitis)
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skin
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diaphor/o (diaphoresis)
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profuse sweating (see hidr/o)
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epi- (epidermis)
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upon
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erythem/o, erythemat/o (erythema)
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redness
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hidr/o (anhidrosis)
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sweat
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ichthy/o (ichthyosis)
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scaly, dry
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kerat/o (keratosis)
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hard, horny tissue
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lip/o (lipoma, liposuction)
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fat
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myc/o (dermatomycosis)
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fungus
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onych/o (onychomycosis)
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nail
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pachy- (pachyderma)
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thick
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phyt/o (dermatophytosis)
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plant
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pil/o (pilosebaceaous)
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hair (see trich/o)
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scler/o (scleroderma)
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hard/tough
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seb/o (seborrhea)
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sebum
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squam/o (squamous epithelium)
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scale-like
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sudor- (sudorific)
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sweat
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steat/o (steatoma)
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fat
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trich/o (trichomycosis)
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hair
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ungu/o (subungual)
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nail
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xer/o (xeroderma)
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dry
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-derma (leukoderma)
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skin
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-itis (dermatitis)
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inflammation
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-oma (melanoma)
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tumor
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-osis (dermatophytosis)
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condition/disease
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