Term | Definition |
adiposis | ab.co of fat |
anhidrosis | ab.co of no sweat |
cryotherapy | cold therapy |
dermatomycosis | ab.co of skin fungus |
dermatotherapy | treatment of skin |
diaphoresis | carry through/tranmission |
epidermis | above skin |
hemangioma | tumor of blood vessels |
hidradentitis | inflammation of sweat glands |
homo-graft | transplant skin from same donor |
hyperesthesia | excessive feeling |
hypodermic | p2 below the skin |
ichthyosis | ab.co of scaly/dry |
keratosis | ab.co of hard/horny tissue |
lipcele | herniation or swelling of fat |
lipocyte | fat cell |
lipoma | tumor of fat |
lumpectomy | surgical removal of a lump |
melanoma | black tumor |
pilonidial | hair nest |
pyoderma | skin pus |
seborrhea | discharge of fat |
steatorrhea | discharge fat |
squamous | scales |
steatitis | inflammatiom of fat |
sudoresis | co of sweat |
trichopathy | disease of hair |
xenograft | transplant of foreign skin |
Mohs | layers of cancer-containing skin progressively removed and examined until only cancer-free tissue remains |
vitiligo | localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized by milky white patches |
antiparasites | kills insect parasites, such as mites and scabies |
antihistamines | inhibit allergic reactions of inflammation, redness and itching released by histamine |
corticosteriods | dease inflammation and ithcing by suppressing the immune system's inflammitory reponse to tissue damage |
antifugal | alter the cell wall of fungi or disrupt enzyme activity, resulting in cell death |
protectives | used to cover, cool, dry or soothe inflamed skin |
chemical peel | chemical removal of the outer layers of skin to treat acne scarring and general keratosis aka chemical abrasion |
macule | flat pigmented, circumscribed are less than 1cm in diamater, mole, freckle |
vesicle | elevated, circumscribed fluid-filled leison less than.05 diamater aka blister |
wheal | elevated, firm rounded leison with localized skin edema, accompanied by itching, hives, insect bites, uriticaria |
nodule | palpable, cirumscribed leison larger and deeper than papule 0.5-2.0 cm diameter extends to dermal layer, nevus, benign or malignat tumor |
papule | sold elevated lesion less than 1 cm maybe same colour as skin, nevus, wart, pimple, ringworm, psoriasis, eczema |
pustule | small raised lesion containing pus less than 1cm, acne, furuncle (boils) pustular psoriasis, scabies |
bulia | a vesicle or blister larger than 1 cm, second degree burns, severe poison ivy or oak |
synthesis | forming a complex substance by the union of simper compound elements |
Bowen Disease | for of intraepidermal carcinoma characterized by red-brown scaly or crusted lesions that resemble psoriasis or dermatitis. |
fulguration | tissue distruction by electric current, also called electrodesiiccation |