MedTerm

•  Dermat/osis –abnormal condition of skin/dermis
• Epi/dermis –above skin
• Dermat/o/phyte –plant(fungus) skin
• Pachy/derma – thick skin
• Xanth/o/derma –yellow skin
• Dermat/o/auto/plasty – surgical repair of self-skin
• Xer/o/derm/ia – condition of dry skin
• Dermat/o/logist –specialist who studies of skin
• Abnormal condition of fungi in the skin (Use dermat/o)- Dermatophytosis
• An instrument to cut skin for grafts (use derm/a)-Dermatome
• Pertaining to within the skin (use derm/a)- Intradermatic

   
• Kerat/oma – tumour of epidermis
• Kerat/o/lysis – breakdown/disintegration of epidermis
• Trich/o/phyt/osis – abnormal condition of fungi in the hair
•    Trich/osis – abnormal condition of hair
• Trich/o/esthesia – sensation/ sensitivity of hair
• Trich/o/rrhexis –break/rupture of hair
•   Seb/o/rrhea – excessive discharge/flow of sebum
• Seb/o/lith – stone in the sebum
• Seb/o/tropic –pertaining to stimulating/affinity for sebum
• Hidr/osis – abnormal condition of sweat
• Hyper/hidr/osis – abnormal condition of excessive sweat
• Hidr/o/poiesis – formation of sweat
• An/hidr/osis – abnormal condition of not sweating
• Hidr/aden/itis –inflammation of sweat gland
• Onych/o/crypt/osis – abnormal condition of hidden nail
• Onych/o/schisis – splitting/parting/cleaving of nail
• Onych/o/phagia –condition of eating nail
• Breaking down/disintegration of nails –onychitis
• Fungal condition of nails –onychomycia
• Inflammation of nails –onychitis
• A pigment cell – melanocyte
• Abnormal condition of excessive black/pigment- hypermelanosis
• Melanoma –tumour of melanin
• Onych/auxis – increase of nail
• Onych/o/dys/trophy –difficult development of nail
• Onych/a/trophy – development of nail
• Par/onych/ia –condition of beside/near of nail
• an - without/not
• auto- self