Medical Terminology (The Integumentary System) Flashcards

albin/o

white


ALBINISM

white condition

cyan/o

blue


CYANODERMA

blue skin

erythr/o

red


ERYTHRODERMA

red skin

leuk/o

white


LEUKODERMA

white skin

melan/o

black


MELANODERMA

black skin

xanth/o

yellow


XANTHOMA

yellow tumor


LEUKOCYTOPENIA

deficiency in white blood cell production


XANTHEMIA

yellow blood; occurrence of yellow pigment in the blood


LEUKEMIA

proliferation and development of immature leukocytes in blood and
bone marrow


MELANOMA

black tumor; malignant
neoplasm (new growth) that originates in the
skin and is composed of melanocytes
malignant is most dangerous form of skin cancer because of its
tendency to metastasize rapidly


CYANOSIS (CYANODERMA)

caused by deficiency of oxygen and excess carbon dioxide in blood;
person exhibits bluish or purplish discoloration


LEUKOCYTOSIS

increase in red blood cells

-osis: abnormal condition; increase (blood cells)


BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

a type of skin cancer that affects the deepest layer of the epidermis


SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

a carcinoma that affects the top layer of the epidermis

sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)


KAPOSI SARCOMA

malignant skin tumor associated with patients diagnosed with AIDS
tumor appears as a purplish brown lesion


NECROSIS

death of areas of tissue or bone surrounded by healthy tissue


CELLULAR NECROSIS

dead cells


BONY NECROSIS

occurs when dead bone tissue results from loss of blood supply


GANGRENE

form of necrosis associated with loss of blood supply
injury to blood flow


AUTOGRAFT(S)

tissue transplanted from patient's own skin to a part of the body to
repair a defect


DERMATOME

instrument used to incise or cut (to graft a thin slice of skin)