Dermatology Vocabulary Quiz
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ther; Strange
A. all/o-
B. blephar/o-
C. rhytid/o-
D. sebace/o-
cry/o-
A. cold
B. cancer
C. connective tissue
D. sensation
fat
A. adip/o-, lip/o-
B. cutane/o-, cut/i
C. sebace/o-, seb/o-
D. esthes/o-
The combining form kel/o- means ________.
A. tumor
B. tearing
C. lice
D. scrape off
Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means “skin (that is) dry”?
A. -graft, all/o-
B. -itis, dermat/o-
C. -osis, cyan/o-
D. -derma, xer/
sensation; feeling
A. esthes/o-
B. onych/o-
C. lacer/o-
D. integu/o-
Which of these combining forms means “dead cells; dead tissue; dead body”?
A. necr/o-
B. cutane/o-
C. seb/o-
D. ungu/o-
The suffix -dactyly, as in polydactyly, means ________.
A. abnormal condition of the skin
B. condition of fingers, condition of toes
C. process of reshaping by surgery
D. platelike structure
abras/o-
A. scrape off
B. rays of sun
C. cancer
D. wrinkle
redness
A. erythemat/o-
B. sudor/o-
C. xanth/o-
D. theli/o-
The combining forms onych/o- and ungu/o- both mean ________.
A. fingernail, toenail
B. itching, scratching
C. below, underneath
D. hair, follicle
Divide the medical word microdermabrasion to find the word part that means “scrape off.”
A. abras/o-
B. -ion
C. micr/o-
D. derm/o-
rays of sun
A. abras/o-
B. actin/o-
C. rhytid/o-
D. sarc/o-
The word erythematous divides into what word parts?
A. -matous, erythema/o-
B. ery-, them/o-, -atous
C. -tous, erythr/o-, mat/o-
D. -ous, erythemat/o-
blue
A. cyan/o-
B. erythemat/o-
C. esthes/o-
D. sarc/o-
The combining form prurit/o- means ________.
A. rash
B. itching
C. skin
D. layer
The combining form albin/o- means ________.
A. color
B. pigment
C. white
D. absent
cancer
A. carcin/o-
B. contus/o-
C. cyan/o-
D. cry/o-
Which two combining forms mean “nail”?
A. lip/o- and adip/o-
B. derm/o- and diaphor/o-
C. pil/o- and trich/o-
D. ungu/o- and onych/o-
The combining form ungu/o- means ________.
A. “oil gland; sweat gland”
B. “skin”
C. “fingernail; toenail”
D. “dermis”
The meaning of “guarding; protecting” refers to the combining form ________.
A. lip/o-
B. sensitiv/o-
C. phylact/o-
D. cutane/o
The combining form integument/o- means ________.
A. protection
B. integument
C. to cover
D. skin
The combining form_______________means “bruising”
A. wart/o-
B. -rrhage
C. contus/o-
D. rhytid-
eyelid
A. blephar/o-
B. carcin/o-
C. ecchym/o-
D. erythemat/o-
Bruising
A. contus/o-
B. carcin/o-
C. blephar/o-
D. esthees/o-
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