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HC101: Skin
Integumentary System terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Actinic Keratosis | a rough, scaly, pink or white growth that occurs on the surface of the skin in areas (such as the face, neck, and back of hands) |
| Albin/o | white |
| Albinism | the condition of an albino, an organism exhibiting deficient pigmentation |
| All/o | Other or different |
| Alpopecia | partial or complete loss of hair, wool, or feathers |
| Aut/o | self |
| Biepharoplasty | plastic surgery on an eyelid especially to remove fatty or excess tissue |
| Bulla | a hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence |
| Carbuncle | a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissue with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue |
| Cellulitis | diffuse and especially subcutaneous inflammation of connective tissue |
| Chloasma | irregular brownish or blackish spots especially on the face that occur sometimes in pregnancy and in disorders of or functional changes in the uterus and ovaries |
| Cicatrix | a scar resulting from formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in the flesh wound |
| Comedo | a small plug of sebum blocking the duct of a sebaceous gland especially on the face |
| Debridement | the usually surgical removal of lacerated, devitalized, or contaminated tissue |
| Dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
| Dermatologist | a branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its structure, functions and diseases |
| Diaphoresis | profuse perspiration artificially induced |
| Ecchymosis | the escape of blood into the tissues form ruptured blood vessels marked by a livid black-and-blue or purple spot or area |
| Eczema | an inflammatory condition of the skin characterized by redness, itching, and oozing vesicular lesions which become scaly, crusted, or hardened |
| Edema | an abnormal excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity |
| Erythema | abnormal redness of the skin or mucous membranes due to capillary congestion (as in inflammation) |
| Erythroderma | plural form of erythema |
| Exanthem | an eruptive disease (as measles) or its symptomatic eruption |
| Folliculitis | inflammation of one or more follicles especially of the hair |
| Furuncle | a localized swelling and inflammation of the skin resulting from usually bacterial infection of the hair follicle and adjacent tissue, having a hard central core, and forming pus (also known as a boil) |
| Granuloma | a mass or nodule of chronically inflamed tissue with granulations that is usually associate with an infection process |
| Hermatoma | a mass of usually clotted blood that forms in a tissue, organ, or body space as a result of a broken blood vessel |
| Hidr/o | sweat |
| Hirsutism | excessive growth of hair of normal or abnormal distribution |
| Ichthyosis | any of several diseases usually of hereditary origin characterized by rough,thick, and scaly skin |
| Impetigo | an acute contagious staphylococcal or streptococcal skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules and yellowish crust |
| Keloid | a thick scar resulting from excessive growth of fibrous tissue and occurring especially after burns or radiation injury |
| Kerat/o | hard of horny |
| Keratosis | a disease of the skin marked by overgrowth of horny tissue 2: an area of the skin affected with keratosis |
| Kollonychia | abnormal thinness and concavity of fingernails occurring especially in hypochromic anemias |
| Laceration | a torn and ragged wound |
| Lipoma | a tumor of fatty tissue |
| Macule | a patch of skin that is altered in color but usually not elevated |
| Malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| Melanoma | a benign or malignant skin tumor containing dark pigment |
| Mycosis | infection with or disease caused by a fungus |
| Onychocryptosis | an ingrown nail (plural) |
| Onychomycosis | a fungal disease of the nails |
| Papilloma | a benign tumor (as a wart or condyloma) resulting from an overgrowth of epithelial tissue on papillae of vascularized connective tissue |
| Papule | a small solid usually conical elevation of the skin caused by inflammation,accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue elements |
| Paronychia | inflammation of the tissues adjacent to the nail of a finger or toe usually accompanied by infection and pus formation |
| Pediculosis | infestation with lice -- called also lousiness |
| Petechiae | a minute reddish or purplish spot containing blood that appears in skin or mucous membrane as a result of localized hemorrhage |
| Pruritus | localized or generalized itching due to irritation of sensory nerve endings |
| Psoriasis | chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribe red patches covered with white scales |
| Purpura | any of several hemorrhagic states characterized by patches of purplish discoloration resulting from extravasation of blood into the skin and mucous membrane |
| Purulent | containing, consisting of, or being pus |
| Pyoderma | a bacterial skin inflammation marked by pus-filled lesions |
| Rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| Rhytidectomy | plastic surgery on the face and neck to remove defects and inperfections (as wrinkles or sagging skin) typical of aging |
| Rosacea | a chronic inflammatory skin disorder typically involving the nose, checks, forehead, and chin that is characterized especially by redness, flushing, telangiectasia, inflamed lesions, burning sensation, and sometimes eye dryness and irritation and thickeni |
| Scabies | ontagious itch of mange especially with exudative crusts that is caused by parasitic mites and especially by a mite of the genus |
| Scleroderma | a usually slowly progrssive disease marked by the deposition of fibrous connective tissue in the skin and often in internal organs and structure, by hand and foot pain upon exposure to cold, and by tightening and thickening of the skin |
| Seborrhea | abnormally increased secretion and discharge of sebum producing an oily appearance of the skin and the formation of greasy scales |
| Squamous Cell Carcinoma | a carcinoma that is made up of or arises from squamous cells and usually occurs in areas of the body exposed to strong sunlight over a period on many years |
| Subcutaneous | under the skin |
| Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | a chronic, inflammatory, variable, autoimmune disease of connective tissue that occurs chiefly in women and is typically characterized by fever, skin rash, fatigue, and joint pain and often by disorders of the blood, kidney, heart, lungs, and brain |
| Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | ..... such as hemolytic anemia, nephritis, pleurisy, pericarditis, cognitive dysfunction, or meningitis |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| ungu/o | nail |
| Urticaria | an allergic disorder marked by raised edematous red patches of skin or mucous membrane and usually by intense itching and caused by contact with a specific precipitating factor (as a food, drug, or inhalant ) either externally or internally (aka hives) |
| Verrucae | a wart or warty skin lesion |
| Vitiligo | a progressive skin disorder that is a form of leukoderma caused by that localized or generalized destruction of melanocytes and marked by sharply circumscribed white spots of skin |
| Wheal | a suddenly formed elevation of the skin surface |
| Xer/o | dry |
| Xeroderma | a disease of skin characterized by dryness and roughness and a fine scaly desquamation |
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