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Chapter 3
Integumentary Skin terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abrasion | scraping away the skin |
| alopecia | baldness |
| albinism | lack of pigment in skin cause patient to look white |
| albino | a person afflicted with albinism |
| comedo | a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (black head or whitehead) |
| cyanidrosis | blue sweat |
| depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
| dermatalgia dermatodynia | skin pain |
| dermatolysis | loose skin |
| erythema | redness |
| erythroderma | red skin |
| hemathidrosis | sweating blood |
| hidropoiesis | the formation of sweat |
| hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
| hyperkerotosis | excessive growth of horny skin |
| hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in the skin |
| hyperpigmentation | excessive pigment in the skin |
| hypohidrosis | diminished sweating |
| hypomelanosis | diminished melanin in the skin |
| hypopigmentation | diminished pigment in the skin |
| luekoderma | white skin |
| mascerate | to soften the skin |
| onchophagia | eating or biting the nails |
| pruritus | itching |
| rhytidermia | wrinkled skin |
| sebopoiesis | formation of oil |
| seborrhea | discharge of oil |
| trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair |
| urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| xanthoderma | yellow skin |
| xeroderma | dry skin |
| xerosis | condition of dryness |