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chapter 3
Integumentary system
Term | Definition |
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squam/o | scale |
onchy/o ungu/o | nail |
pachy/o | thick |
kerat/o | hard |
xer/o | dry |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
erythr/o | red |
macule | freckle (small flat discolored area) |
patch | larger flat discolored area |
papule | small solid mass |
plaque | solid mass on the surface of the skin |
nodule | a solid mass that extends deeper into the skin |
tumor | larger solid mass |
vesicle | smaller blister |
bulla | larger blister |
pustule | pus-filled blister |
abscess | localized collection of pus in the body |
excoriation | scratch |
fissure | crack in the skin |
petechia | small bruise |
ecchymosis | larger bruise |
cicatrix | scar |
keloid | overgrowth of scar tissue |
cubists | lie |
atopic | unusual |
dermatoconiosis | skin condition caused by dirt (skin-dust-condition) |
epidermal | pertaining to the skin (upon-skin) |
hypodermic subcutaneous | beneath the skin |
intradermal | inside the skin |
percutaneous transdermal | through the skin |
autograft | skin transplant taken from a different place on the skin body (leg hip) |
homograft allograft | skin transplant taken from another member of the patients species |
heterograft | skin transplant taken from a species other than the patients |
xenograft | transplant taken from a species other than the patients |
antipruritic | a drug that prevents or relieves itching. |
ID | intradermal |
subcut SQ SC | subcutaneous |
TD | transdermal |