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integumentary
Ch 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fat | adip/o, lip/o , steat/o |
| Skin | cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o |
| Hair | pil/o, trich/o |
| Sweat | hidr/o |
| Scale | squam/o |
| Nail | onych/o, ungu/o |
| Oil | seb/o, sebace/o |
| Hidden | crypt/o |
| hard, horny | kerat/o |
| dry | xer/o |
| yellow | xanth/o |
| red | erythr/o |
| white | leuk/o, alb/o |
| black | melan/o |
| 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 | a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum |
| Cyanidrosis | blue sweat |
| Depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
| Dermatodynia | skin pain |
| Dermatolysis | Loose skin |
| erytheme | redness |
| erythroderma | red skin |
| hemathidrosis | sweating blood |
| hidroisis | 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 |
| hypomelanosis | diminished pigment in the skin |
| Leukoderma | white skin |
| macerate | to soften the skin |
| onychophagia | eating or biting the nails |
| First Degree burn | burn affecting only the epidermis or layer of the skin |
| Second Degree burn | deeper burn affecting both the epidermis and dermis |
| Third Degree burn | deep burn affecting the epidermis dermis and subcutaneous layer |
| Fourth Degree burn | deep burn affecting not just all layers of the skin but also underlying tissues like muscle ,fascia or bone |
| pryritys | an itch |
| rhytidermia | wrinkled skin |
| Sebopoiesis | formation of oil (sebum) |
| seborrhea | discharged of oil |
| Trichomegaly | abnormally thin hair |
| Urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| xanthoderma | yellow skin |
| xerosis | condition of dryness |
| papule | a small solid mass |
| plaque | a solid mass on the surface of the skin |
| nodule | a solid mass that extends deeper into the skin |
| abscess | a localized collection of pus in the body |
| erosion | loss of skin |
| ulcer | a sore |
| excoriation | a scratch |
| fissure | a crack in the skin |
| scale | skin flaking off |
| crust | a dried substance (i.e., blood, pus) on the skin |
| xeroderma | dry skin |
| macule, macula (freckie) | small flat discolored |
| patch (vitilligo) | Larger, flat discolored area |
| vesicle | a smaller blister |
| pustule | a pus-filled blister |
| abscess | a localized collection of pus in the body |
| keloid | overgrowth of scar tissue |
| epidermal tumors | tumors on the skin |
| nevus | mole |
| dysplastic nevus | a mole with bad changes / formations |
| verruca | wart |
| culture and sensitivity (c&s) | growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs they might respond to |
| Cicatix (plural:cicatrices) | scar |
| cherry angioma | a small blood vessel tumor |
| rhytidermia | wrinkling of the skin |
| adipocele | adipo (fat) cele (hernia) |
| Petechia | a small bruise |
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