Integumentary System 

Prefixes 

1) a-, an-

Absence of, without, not

Ex: Anhidrosis- absence of sweating, which can result from damage to sweat gland, certain medications or nuerological disorders

2) bi- 

Two or both 

Ex: Bilateral- pertaing to both sides

3) dia-

Through, complete 

Ex: Diaphoresis- excessive sweating, which may be symptom of fever, physical excertion

4) dys-

Difficult, painful, abnormal 

Ex: Dysplasia- abnormal devoplemt or growth of tissue

5) epi

Upon, on , over

Ex: Epidermis- outermost layer of skin 

6) Hypo- 

Dificient, below, under, incomplete 

Ex: Hypodermeic- beneath the skin, to describe injections adminsted

7) intra-

Within, in 

Ex: Intradermal- within layers of skin

8) meta-

Change, beyond, after

Ex- Metaplasia- transformation of tissue from one to another 

9)neo- 

New 

Ex- Neoplasm- growth of abnormal tissue

10) para-

Beside, around, beyond

Ex: Paronychia- inflammation around nail, typically caused  by bacterial or fungal infection

11) per-

Through

Ex: Percutaneous- through skin

12) pro-

Before

Ex: Prodromal- referring to early symptoms that occur before a disease becomes evident

13) sub- 

Under, below

Ex: Subcutaneous- located beneath skin, fatty layer 

14) trans-

Through, across

Ex: Transdermal- medications applied to the skin that is absorbed into bloodstream

15) uni- 

One

Ex: Unilateral- one side, unilateral skin lesion or rash 

Hyper-

Above, excessive

Ex: Hyperkertosis- thickening of skin outer layer due to excessive keratin production

Suffixes

1) -ad

Toward

Ex: cephalad- toward the head

2) -al

Pertaining to

Ex: Dermal- skin 

3)-coccus

Berry shaped 

Ex: Staphyloccus- type of berry shaped bacterium that can cause skin infections

4) -cyte

Cell

Ex: Melancotye- pigment producing cell in skin

5) -ectomy

Excision 

Ex: Lipectomy- surgical removal of fat 

6) -gen 

Subtance that produces / agent produces

Ex: Pathogen

7) genic-

Producing, orginating

Ex: Carciongenic- producing cancer

8) -ia

Condition of, disesed state

Ex: Alopecia- hair loss 

9) -itis

Inflammation 

Ex: Dermatitis- inflammation of skin

10) -logist 

Specialist who study's and treats

Ex: Dermatolgoist- medical specialist who treats skin disorders

11) -logy 

Study of

Ex: Dermatology- study of skin 

12) -malacia 

Softening

Ex: Onychomlacia- softening of nails 

13) -oid 

Resembling 

Ex: Xanthoid- yellow discolration of the skin

14) -oma

Tumor, swelling 

Ex: Lipoma- benign tumor composed of fatty tissue

15) -opsy

View of, process of viewing 

Ex: Biopsy- process of removing tissue samples for microscopic examination

16) -osis

Abnormal conditon, increased numbers to blood

Ex: Erythrodermois- condition characterized by widespred redness and peeling of skin

17) -ous

Pertaining to

Ex: Sebaceous- pertaining to sebrum or oil 

18) -pathy

Disease 

Ex: Dermatopathy- disease of skin 

19) -plasia

Development, growth 

Ex: Hyperplasia- excessive growth of cells and tissues 

20) -plasty 

Surgical repair 

Ex: Blepharoplasty - surgical procedure to repair or reshape eyelid 

21) -rrhea

Flow

Ex: Seborrhea- excessive secreation of sebrum, leading to oily skin

22) -rrhage  

Excessive discharge 

Ex: Hemorrarage- excessive bleeding 

23) -stasis

Stop, controlling, standing

Ex: Hemostasis - stopping of blood flow, 

24) -tome

Instrument used to cut

Ex: Dermatome- used to cut thin slices of skin for grafting or dignostic purpousus 

Root words

1) aden/o

Gland 

Ex: Adenoma- tumor of gland, often found in areas such as adrenal glands

2) adip/o

Fat

Ex: Adipocyte- fat cell that stores energy in the form of lipids

3) albin/o

White

Ex: Albinism- genetic condition charctized by absence of melanin pigment

4) aut/o 

Self

Ex: Autograph - graft or tissue taken from patients own body

5) bi/o

Life

Ex: Biotherphy- use of living organisms deprived treatments to aid in treatment of skin conditons

6) cry/o 

Cold

Ex: Cryotherapy- treatment using extrereme cold to remove abnormal tissue like warts 

7) crypt/o

Hidden 

Ex: Cryptogenic - condition of unknown origin 

8) cutane/o

Skin

Ex: Deratitis - inflammation of skin

9) cyan/o

Blue

Ex: Cyanosis- bluish discoloration of skin membrene due to insufficiant oxogen in blood 

10) erythr/o

Red

Ex: Erythema- redness of skin 

11) hidr/o

Sweat 

Ex: production of sweat , excessive 

12) kerat/o

Hard, horny tissue

Ex: Kertolysis- coditon of breakdown or shedding of the outer layer of skin

13) lip/o

Fat

Ex: Lipoatrophy- localized loss of fat tissue beneath of skin

14) melan/o

Black 

Ex: Melanoma- serious type of skin cancer that develops from pigment producing cells 

15) myc/o

Fungus

Ex: Mycosis- fungal infection 

16) onych/o

Nail

Ex: Subungual- referring to something located behith nail 

17) pil/o

Hair

Ex: Trichotillomania- condition by irrestible urge to pull ones hair 

18) xanth/o

Yellow

Ex: Xanthoma- yellowish fatty deposit under the skin

Abbreviations, acronyms, eponyms

1) AT

Alopecia Totalis

2) BCC

Basal cell Carcinoma

3) CD

Contact Dermatitis

4) I&D

Incision and Drainage; Irrigation and Debridement

5) MM

Mallgant Melanoma

6) MRSA 

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 

7)NF

Necrotizing Fascilitis 

8) PDT

Photodynamic Therapy

9) Ps

Psoriasis

10) SCD

Scleroderma 

11) SCC

Squamous Cell Carcionma 

12) SLE

Systemic Lupus Erthematous 

13) TEN

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

14) Kaposi's Sacroma

Named after Mortiz Kaposi , hungarian derma

15) Langer's Lines

Named after Karl Langer, Austrian anatomist