| Question |
Answer |
| What procedure uses subfreezing temperature, via liquid nitrogen, to destroy tissue? |
cryosurgery |
| What type of skin condition is a mostly hereditary, chronic, recurrent dermatosis marked by itchy, scaly, red plaques covered by silvery gray scales? |
psoriasis |
| What lesion is a thick-walled, closed sac or pouch containg fluid or a semisolid material? |
cyst |
| What procedure uses a sharp dermal curette to scrape away a skin lesion? |
curettage |
| What type of lesion is a benign growth extending form the surface of mucus membranes such as the nose and sinuses, urinary bladder, and/or the uterus? |
polyps |
| What type of procedure is performed by destroying tissue by burning with an electric spark? |
electrodesiccation |
| Acne is what type of skin lesion? |
Pustule and/or papules |
| What type of procedure takes thin layers at a time of a malignant growth and examines each layer under a microscope? |
Mohs surgery |
| Eczema is what type of skin lesion? |
crust |
| What type of procedure is used when a suspected malignant skin lesion is removed and sent to pathology for microscopic examination? |
skin biopsy |
| What does bx stand for? |
biopsy |
| What does SLE stand for? |
systemic lupus erythematosus |
| What type of skin condition, most commonly associated with diabetics, is a death of tissue associated with loss of blood supply? |
gangrene |
| What does PPD stand for? |
purified protein derivative |
| What type of skin biopsy uses a surgical instrument to remove a core of tissue by rotation of ots sharp circular edge? |
punch biopsy |
| What does SC stand for? |
subcutaneous |
| What type of skin biopsy is when several scratches are made into the skin and a very small amount of test material is inserted into the scratches? |
scratch test |
| cutane/o |
skin |
| diaphor/o |
profuse sweating |
| hidr/o |
sweat |
| xer/o |
dry |
| kerat/o |
hard, horny tissue |
| melan/o |
black |
| onych/o |
nail |
| pil/o |
hair |
| rhytid/o |
wrinkle |
| xanth/o |
yellow |
| adip/o |
fat |
| caus/o |
burn, burning |
| steat/o |
fat |
| squam/o |
scale like |
| cauter/o |
heat, burn |
| trich/o |
hair |
| albin/o |
white |
| arythem/o |
redness |
| ungu/o |
nail |
| py/o |
pus |
| phyt/o |
plant |
| myc/o |
fungus |
| lip/o |
fat |
| seb/o |
sebum |
| ichthy/o |
scaly, dry |
| derm/o |
skin |
| leuk/o |
white |
| erythemat/o |
redness |
| dermat/o |
skin |
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