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Ch 3
Dermatological Terms
Term | Definition |
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abrasion | scraping away of skin |
albinism | lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white |
albino | a person afflicted with albinism |
alopecia | baldness |
anhidrosis | lack of sweating |
comedo | hair follicle plugged w/sebum (black head, white head) |
cyanidrosis | blue sweat |
depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
dermatalgia | skin pain |
dermatodynia | skin pain |
dermatolysis | loose skin |
erythema | redness |
erythroderma | red skin |
hemathidrosis | sweating blood |
hidropoiesis | formation of sweat |
hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
hyperkerotosis | excessive growth of horny skin |
hypermelaosis | excessive melanin in the skin |
hyperpigmentation | excessive pigment in the skin |
hypohirosis | diminished sweating |
hypomelanosis | diminished melanin the skin |
hypopigmentation | diminished pigment in the skin |
leukoderma | white skin |
macerate | to soften the skin |
onychophagia | eating or biting the nails |
pruritus | an itch |
rhytidermia | wrinkled skin |
sebopoiesis | formation of oil (sebum) |
seborrhea | discharge of oil (sebum) |
trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair |
urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
xanthoderma | yellow skin |
xeroderma | dry skin |
xerosis | condition of dryness |