adip/o

fat

albin/o

white

cutane/o

skin surface

derm/o dermat/o

skin, pertaining to skin

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

kerat/o

hard

leuk/o

white, colorless

lip/o

fat, lipid

melan/o

black

pil/o

hair, hair follicle

seb/o

sebum (oil)

squam/o

scale-like

trich/o

hair or hairlike structure

epi-

upon, above

-cyte

cell

coll/a

fibers that hold together

elast/o

flexing; stretching

sudor-

sweat

-ous

pertaining to or characterized by

-itis

inflammation of

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-plasty

surgical repair, reconstruction

sub-

under, below

angio-

blood vessel