Integumentary medical terms
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- AIDS
- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- cyanosis
- abnormal condition of blue
- chloasma
- skin discoloration
- autograft
- skin transplanted from one's self
- alopecia
- loss of hair, baldness
- cyanderma
- blue skin
- contusion
- bruise
- comedo
- blackhead
- adenoma
- tumor composed of glandular tissue
- dermatology
- study of the skin
- dermatome
- instrument to cut(incise)the skin
- dermatologist
- physician that specializes in skin disorders
- dermatitis
- inflammation of the skin
- dermatosis
- abnormal condition of the skin
- the 3 combining forms for skin are _____, ______, and _______.
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cutane/o
dermat/o
derm/o - the combining form for milk is _____.
- lact/o
- the _____ is a projection of the dermis that enters the hair structure at the bottom of a hair follicle. it contains capillaries through which hair recieves_______.
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papilla
nourishment - Leuk/emia literally means white _______.
- blood
- the combining form for dry is _____/__.
- xer/o
- the epidermis forms the _____ ______ of the skin
- outer layer
- hidr/o
- sweat