WGU C804 Medical Terminology – 100% Pass
Keratin ✔✔A protein that prevents body fluids from evaporating. Keratinized cells rise to the dermis, and slough off.
skin ✔✔Cutane. Dermat. Derm.
What is fat ✔✔adipose tissue. Lip/o. Steat/o.
ichthy/o ✔✔dry, scaly
melan/o ✔✔black
myc/o ✔✔fungus
scler/o ✔✔hardening; sclera (white of eye)
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plasty (suffix) ✔✔surgical repair
Therapy ✔✔treatment
-oid (suffix) ✔✔resembling
-derma (suffix) ✔✔skin
word root ✔✔foundation of the word
suffix ✔✔word ending
prefix ✔✔a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning
Organ ✔✔A body structure that is composed of different kinds of at least two tissues that work together.
leuk/o ✔✔white
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