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Question | Answer |
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ACTINIC KERATOSIS | A PRECANCEROUS SKIN GROWTH THAT OCCURS ON SUN DAMAGED SKIN |
PETECHIAE | SMALL PINPOINT HEMORRHAGES THAT ARE LESS THAN 2 MM IN DIAMETER |
SCABIES | AN INFESTATION WITH AN ITCH MITE CAUSES A SKIN INFECTION |
SEBORRHEA | THE COMMON SKIN CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS AN OVERPRODUCTION OF SEBUM |
EXFOLIATE DERMATITIS | A CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS WIDESPREAD SCALING OF THE SKIN, OFTERN WITH PRURITUS,ERYTHODERMA AND HAIR LOSS |
MILIARIA | THE MEDICAL TERM FOR THE CONDITION COMMONLY KNOWN AS HEAT RASH AND PRICKLY HEAT |
ALOPECIA | THE PARTIAL OR COMPLETE LOSS OF HAIR |
ECCHYMOSIS | THE MEDICAL TERM FOR THE CONDITION KNOWN AS A BRUISE |
ONYCHOMYCOSIS | ANY FUNGAL INFECTION WITHIN THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES |
KELOID | ABNORMALLY RAISED SCAR |
KERATOSIS | A WART |
LIPOMA | BENIGN FATTY DEPOSIT UNDER THE SKIN |
TINEA | RINGWORM |
CICATRIX | A NORMAL SCAR |
PRURITUS | ITCHING |
RHYTIDECTOMY | FACELIFT. tHE SRGICAL REMOVAL OF EXCESS SKIN AND FAT AROUND THE FACE TO ELIMINATE WRINKLES |
MILIARIA | HEAT RASH AND RICKLY HEAT. aN INTENSELY ITCHY RASH CAUSED BY BLOCKAGE OF THE SWEAT GLANDS BY BACTERIA AND DEAD CELLS |
KOILONYCHIA | SPOON NAILS. a MALFORMATION OF THE NAILS IN WHICH THE OUTER SURFACE IS CONCAVE OR SCOOPED OUT LIKE A BOWL OF A SPOON |
ROSACEA | A CHRONIC CONDITION THAT PRODUCES REDNESS, TINY PIMPLES, AND BROKEN BLOOD CELLS |
FOLLICULITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE HAIR FOLLICLES. THIS CONDITION IS ESPECIALLY COMMON ON THE LIMBS AND THE BEARD AREA OF MEN |
LIPEDEMA | PAINFUL FAT SYNDROME |
VITILIGO | CHARACTERIZED BY IRREGULAR PATCHES OF WHITE SKIN |
FURUNCLES | lARGE, TENDER, SWOLLEN AREAS CAUSED BY STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION AROUND HAIR FOLLICLES |
MALIGNANT MELANOMA | THE MOST DANGEROUS FORM OF SKIN |