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Terminology III
Chapter 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| EPI | ABOVE OR UPON |
| -OSIS | CONDITION |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| SEB/O | SEBUM |
| MELAN/O | BLACK/DARK |
| ONYCH/O | FINGERNAIL/TOENAIL |
| ERYTH/O | RED |
| XER/O | DRY |
| HIDR/O | SWEAT |
| LEUK/O | WHITE |
| CYAN/O | BLUE |
| XANTH/O | YELLOW |
| KERAT/O | HORNY, HARD, CORNEA |
| BIO | LIFE |
| LIP/O | FAT, LIPID |
| DERM/O, DERMAT/O, DERMA | SKIN |
| EPIDERMIS | OUTER MOST LAYER OF SKIN |
| DERMIS | AKA CORIUM. THICK LAYER OF TISSUE DIRECTLY BELOW YOUR EPIDERMIS |
| SUBCUTANEOUS | FATTY LAYER JUST BELOW THE SKIN |
| DERMATOLOGIST | SKIN SPECIALIST |
| -ISM | CONDITION, STATE OF |
| -AR | PERTAINING TO |
| -ARY | PERTAINING TO |
| -TION | PROCESS, STATE OR QUALITY OF |
| -IOR | PERTAINING TO |
| HIRSUT/O | HAIRY, ROUGH |
| PEDICUL/O | LOUSE/LICE |
| PIL/O | HAIR |
| CUTANE/O | SKIN |
| TRICH/O | HAIR |
| FOLLICULITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE HAIR FOLLICLES |
| ALBINISM | A GENETIC CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A DEFICIENCY OR ABSENCE OF PIGMENT IN THE SKIN, HAIR AND IRISES |
| HEMATOMA | SWELLING OF CLOTTED BLOOD TRAPPED IN THE TISSUE |
| PURULENT | PRODUCING OR CONTAINING PUZ |
| VERRUCA | SMALL HARD SKIN CAUSED BY THE HUMAN PAPILLOMANRUS |
| CONTUSION | AN INJURY TO UNDERLYING TISSUE WITHOUT BREAKING THE SKIN CHARACTERIZED BY DISCOLORATION AND PAIN |
| DERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN |
| -OLOGY | THE STUDY OF |
| -SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| MYC/O | FUNGUS |
| RHTID/O | WRINKLE |
| URTIC/O | NETTLE, RASH, HIVES |
| TRICH/O | HAIR |
| PRURITUS | SEVERE ITCHING |
| LEASION | A PATHOLOGIC CHANGE OF TISSUE DUE TO DISEASE OR INJURY |
| TINEA | A FUNGAL INFECTION THAT CAN GROW ON THE SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS |
| CARBUNCLE | A CLUSTER OF CONNECTED FURUNCLES (BOILS) |
| FURUNCLES | LARGE, TENDER, SWOLLEN AREAS CAUSED BY A STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION AROUND HAIR |
| ANTIFUNGAL | AN AGENT THAT DESTROYS OR INHIBITS THE GROWTH OF FUNGI FOLLICLES OR SEBACEOUS GLAND |
| CAUTERIZED | DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE BY BURNING |
| DEBRIDEMENT | THE REMOVAL OF DIRT FOREIGN OBJECT, DAMAGED TISSUE AND CELLULAR DEBRIS FROM A WOUND TO PREVENT INFECTION AND PROMOTE HEALING |
| TRICHOSOCPY | |
| BIOPSY-BX | THE REMOVAL OF SMALL PIECE OF LIVING TISSUE FOR EXAMINATION TO CONFIRM OR ESTABLISH DIAGNOSIS |
| I & D | INCISION AND DRAINAGE OR IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT |
| DERMABRASION | A FORM OF ABRASION INVOLVING THE USE OF A REVOLVING WIRE BRUSH OF SANDPAPER |
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