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integumentary
skin disorders
Question | Answer |
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ECZEMA | NONINFECTIOUS INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASE. CHARCTERIZED BY REDNESS, BLISTERS, SCABS AND ITCHING |
FISSURE | SLIT OR CRACKLIKE SORE IN THE SKIN |
FUNGUS | ORGANISM THAT FEEDS BY ABSORBING ORGANIC MOLECULES FROM ITS SURROUNDINGS |
FURUNCLE | PAINFUL SKIN NODE CAUSED BY STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTERIA IN A HAIR FOLLICLE |
GANGRENE | DEATH OF TISSUE CAUSED BY LOSS OF BLOOD SUPPLY FOLLOWED BY BACTERIAL INVASION |
HERPES | INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASE CAUSED BY HERPES VIRUS CHARACTERIZED BY SMALL BLISTERS IN CLUSTERS |
IMPETIGO | SUPERFICIAL SKIN INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY PUSTULES AND CAUSED BY EITHER STAPH OR STREPTOCOCCI |
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS | A HERPES-TYPE VIRUS THAT USUALLY CAUSES DISEASE WHEN IMMUNE SYSTEM IS COMPRISED |
KAPOSI'S SARCOMA | CANCEROUS CONDITION STARTING AS PURPLE OR BROWN PAPULES ON THE LOWER EXTREMETIES AND SPREADING THROUGH THE SKIN TO THE LYMPH NODES AND INTERNAL ORGANS |
KELOID | OVERGROWTH OF SKIN TISSUE |
LEUKOPLAKIA | CONDITION CHARACERIZED BY WHT SPOTS OR PATCHES ON MUCOUS MEMBRANES |
MACULE | FLAT COLORED SPOT ON THE SKIN |
NEVUS | CIRCUMSCRIBED MALIFORMATION OF THE SKIN USUALLY BROWN, BLACK, OR SKIN COLORED |
NODULE | A SMALL RAISED KNOTTLIKE MASS |
PAPULE | SMALL SOLID SKIN ELEVATION |
PEDIULOSIS | INVASION INTO THE SKIN AND HAIR BY LICE. |