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Indigo Module
Integumantary Terminology
| 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 |
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