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Medical Terminology
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Papule | small bump on skin |
| Nodule | larger bump on skin |
| Vesicle | small fluid filled bump |
| Pustule | pus filled vesicle |
| Cyst | fluid filled sack under skin |
| Ulcer | eroded area on skin extending into dermis or subcutaneous tissue |
| Keloid | large overgrown scar |
| Cyanosis | blue skin |
| Decubitus Ulcer | bed sore |
| Depigmentation | loss of skin color |
| Diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
| Ecchymosis | big bruise |
| Erythema | red skin |
| Hemangioma | blood vessel tumor |
| Petechiae | pin point bleeding spots |
| Photosensitivity | sensitive to light |
| Polyp | small elongated growth |
| Pruritus | itching |
| Uricarial | hive bumps |
| 1st degree burns | damage only to epidermis;redness |
| 2nd degree burns | damage through epidermis & into dermis; vesicle(blisters) form between the two layers |
| 3rd degree burns | epidermis & dermis destroyed and damage extends into subcutaneous tissue |
| Basal cell carcinoma | almost never metastasizes |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | can metastasize |
| Malignant melanoma | most deadly skin cancer; metastasizes; cancer of melanocytes which produce skin pigment |