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Chapter 3
Module 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| PILO, TRICHO | HAIR |
| HIDRO | SWEAT |
| SQUAMO | SCALE |
| ONYCHO, UNGUO | NAIL |
| SEBO, SEBACEO | OIL |
| CRYPTO | HIDDEN |
| KERATO | HARD, HORNY |
| XERO | DRY |
| XANTHO | YELLO |
| ERYTHRO | RED |
| LEUKO,ALBO | WHITE |
| MELANO | BLACK |
| ABRASION AB/RASION | AWAY/SCRAPE SCRAPING AWAY OF THE SKIN |
| ALBINISM ABIN/IS | WHITE/CONDITION LACK OF PIGMENT IN SKIN CAUSING PATIENT TO LOOK WHITE |
| ALBINO | A PERSON AFFLICTED WITH ALBINISM |
| ALOPECIA | BALDNESS |
| ANHIDROSIS AN/HIDR/OSIS | NO/SWEAT/CONDITION LACK OF SWEATING |
| COMEDO | A HAIR FOLLICLE THAT IS PLUGGED WITH SEBUM |
| CYANIDROSIS CYAN/IDR/OSIS | BLUE/SWEAT/CONDITION BLUE SWEAT |
| DEPIGMENTATION DE/PIGMENT/ATION | AWAY/PIGMENT/CONDITION LOSS OF PIGMENTATION |
| DERMATALGIA DERMAT/ALGIA | SKIN PAIN |
| DERMATOLYSIS DERMATO/LYSIS | SKIN/LOOSE LOOSE SKIN |
| ERYTHEMA | REDNESS |
| ERYTHRODERMA ERYTHRO/DERMA | RED SKIN |
| HEMATHIDROSIS HEMAT/HIDR/OSIS | BLOOD/SWEAT/CONDITION SWEATING BLOOD |
| HIDROPOIESIS HIDRO/POIESIS | SWEAT/FORMATION THE FORMATION OF SWEAT |
| HYPERHIDROSIS HYPER/HIDR/OSIS | OVER/SWEAT/CONDITION EXCESSIE SWEATING |
| HYPERKEROTOSIS HYPER/KERAT/OSIS | OVER/HORNY/CONDITION EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF HORNY SKIN |
| HYPERMELANOSIS HYPER/MELAN/OSIS | OVER/BLACK/CONDITION EXCESSIVE MELANIN IN THE SKIN |
| HYPERPIGMENTATION HYPER/PIGMENT/ATION | EXCESSIVE PIGMENT IN THE SKIN |
| HYPOHIDROSIS HYPO/HIDR/OSIS | UNDER/SWEAT/CONDITION DIMINISHED PIDMENT IN THE SKIN |
| HYPOPIGMANTATION HYPO/PIGMANT/ATION | UNDER/PIGMENT/CONDITION DIMINISHED PIGMENT IN THE SKIN |
| LEUKODERMA LEUKO/DERMA | WHITE SKIN |
| MACERATE | TO SOFTEN THE SKIN |
| ONYCHOPHAGIA | EATING OR BITING THE NAILS |
| PRURITIS | AN ITCH |
| RHYTIDERMIA RHYTI/DERMIA | WRINKLED SKIN |
| SEBOPOIESES SEBO/POIESIS | OIL/FORMATION FORMATION OF OIL (SEBUM) |
| SEBORRHEA SEBO/RRHEA | DISCHARGE OF OIL |
| TRICHOMEGALY TRICHO/MEGALY | HAIR/ENLARGEMENT ABNORMALLY THICK HAIR |
| URTICARIA | SWOLLEN RAISED ITCHY AREAS OF THE SKIN |
| XANTHODERMA XANTHRO/DERMA | YELLOW SKIN |
| XEROSIS XER/OSIS | CONDITON OF DRYNESS |
| MACULE, MACULA (FRECKLE) | SMALL, FLAT, DISCOLORED AREA |
| PATCH | LARGER, FLAT, DISCOLORED AREA |
| PAPULE | A SMALL SOLID MASS |
| PLAQUE | A SOLID MASS ON THE SURGACE OF THE SKIN |
| NODULE | A SOLID MASS THAT EXTENDS DEEPER INTO THE SKIN |
| TUMOR | A LARGER SOLID MASS |
| VESICLE VES/ICLE | A SMALLER BLISTER BLADDER/LITTLE |
| BULLA | BUBBLE |
| PUSTULE | A PUS-FILLED BLISTER |
| ABSCESS AB/SCESS | AWAY/GO A LOCALIZED COLLECTION OF PUS IN THE BODY |
| EROSION E/ROSION | AWAY/GNAW,EAT LOSS OF SKIN |
| ULCER | SORE |
| EXCORIATION OUT/SKIN/CONDITION | A SCRATCH |
| FISSURE | A CRACK IN THE SKIN |
| SCALE | SKIN FLAKING OFF |
| CRUST | A DRIED SUBSTANCE ON THE SKIN |
| VASCULAR LESION | A WOUND RELATED TO THE BLOOD VESSEL |
| CHERRY ANGIOMA ANGI/OME | A SMALL BLOOD VESSEL TUMOR BLOOD VESSEL/TUMOR |
| TELANGIECTASIA (SPIDER ANGIOMA) | END/BLOOD VESSEL/EXPANSION THE OVEREXPANSION OF THE END OF A BLOOD VESSEL' SOMETIMES CALLED A SPIDER ANGIOMA BECAUSE OF HOW IT LOOKS ON THE SKIN |
| PETECHIA | A SMALL BRUISE |
| ECCHYMOSIS | "TO POUR OUT" A LARGER BRUISE |
| CICATRIX (CICATRICES) | SCAR |
| KELOID KEL/OID | TUMOR/RESEMBLING OVERGROWTH OF SCAR TISSUE |
| EPIDERMAL TUMORS EPI/DERM/AL TUMORS | UPON/SKIN/PERTAINIGN TO TUMOR TUMORS ON THE SKIN |
| NEVUS | MOLE |
| DYSPLASTIC NEVUS DYS/PLASTIC NEVUS | A MOLE WITH BAD CHANGES/FORMATIONS (OFTEN PRECANCEROUS) |
| VERRUCA | WART |
| CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY | GROWING MICROORGANISMS IN ISOLATION IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHICH DRUGS THEY MIGHT RESPOND TO |
| BIOPSY BI/OPS/Y | REMOVAL OF TISSUE IN ORDER TO EXAMINE IT 2 EYE PROCEDURE (TO EXAMINE WITH YOUR OWN 2 EYES) |
| EXCISIONAL BIOPSY EX/CISION/AL | REMOVAL OF AN ENTIRE LESION FOR EXAMINATION OUT/CUT/PERTAINING TO |
| INCISIONAL BIOPSY IN/CISION/AL | REMOVAL OF A PERTION OF A LESION FOR EXAMINATION IN/CUT/PERTAINING TO |
| DERMATOSCOPE DERMATO/SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED TO LOOK AT THE SKIN SKIN/INSTRUMENT TO LOOK |
| DERMOSCOPY DERMO/SCOPY | PROCEDURE FOR LOOKING AT THE SKIN SKIN/ LOOKING PROCEDURE |
| ADIPOCELE ADIPO/CELE | A HERNIA FILLED WITH FATTY TISSUE FAT/TUMOR(HERNIA) |
| DERMATOFIBROMA DERMATO/FIBR/OMA | A FIBROUS SKIN TUMOR |
| ERYTHROCYANOSIS ERYTHO//CYAN/OSIS | A RED AND OR BLUE DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN RED/BLUE/CONDITION |
| KERATOGENIC KERATO/GEN/IC | HORNY/CREATION/PERTAINING TO CAUSING HORNY TISSUE DEVELOPMENT |
| KERATOSIS KERAT/OSIS | HORNY/CONDITION HORNY TISSUECONDITION |
| NECROSIS | TISSUE DEATH |
| ONYCHIA ONYCH/IA | NAIL/CONDITION A NAIL CONDITION |
| ONYCHOCRYPTOSIS ONYCHO/CRYPT/OSIS | NAIL/HIDDEN/CONDITION AN INGROWN NAIL |
| ONYCHOLYSIS ONYCHO/LYSIS | NAIL/LOOSE THE LOSS OF A NAIL |
| ONCHOMALACIA ONTCHO/MALACIA | NAIL/SOFTENING ABNORMAL SOFTENING OF THE NAIL |
| ONYCHOPHAGIA ONYCHO/PHAGIA | NAIL/EAT EATING/BITING THE NAIL |
| PACHYDERMA PACHY/DERMA | THICK/SKIN TOUGH SKIN |
| PARONYCHIA PAR/ONTCH/IA | AROUND/NAIL/CONDITIONA CONDITION OF THE TISSUE AROUND A NAIL |
| STEATOMA STEAT/OMA | A FATTY TUMOR |
| XANTHOMA XANTH/OMA | A YELLOW TUMOR |
| DECUBITUS ULCER | BED SORE |
| DERMATOSIS | SKIN CONDITION |
| DERMOPATHY | SKIN DISEASE |
| ATOPIC DERMATITIS | A CHRONIC DRY INFLAMMATORY DISEASE CHRACTERIZED BY ITCHING |
| HYPERTRICHOSIS | EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF HAIR |
| POSTPARTUM ALOPECIA | BALDNESS EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN AFTER A PREGNANCY |
| PSORIASIS | A SKIN CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY PATCHES OF ITCHY,RED,SCALY SKIN |
| SCLERODERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN ACCOMPANIED BY THE THICKENING AND HARDENING |
| SCLERONYCHIA | THICKENING AND HARDENING OF THE NAILS |
| XANTHOSIS | YELLOWING OF THE SKIN |
| ACTINIC KERATOSIS | HORNY SKIN CONDITON CAUSED BY SUN EXPOSURE |
| BASAL CELL CARCINOMA | CANCEROUS TUMOR OF B ASAL SKIN CELS |
| HIDRADENOMA | TUMOR OF THE SWEAT GLAND |
| MALIGNANT CUTANEOUS NEOPLASM | A HARMFUL NEW FORMATOIN OF SKIN TISSUE |
| MALIGNANT MELANOME | A HARMFUL TUMOR OF MELANIN CELLS |
| SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA | CANCEROUS TUMOR OF SQUAMOUS SKIN CELLS |
| ACNE VULGARIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN FOLLICLES |
| DEMATOMYCOSIS | A FUNGAL SKIN CONDITION |
| HIDRADENITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SWEAT GLANDS |
| IMPETIGO | A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUJS BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN |
| MYCODERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN AUSED BY FUNGUS |
| ONYCHODYSTROPHY | POOR NOURISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAIL |
| ONYCHOMYCOSIS | A FUNGAL CONDITION OF THE NAIL |
| TINEA | A FUNGAL CONDITION OFTEN CALLED "RINGWORM"DUE TO ITS CIRULAR APPEARANCE |
| TRICHOMYCOSIS | A FUNGAL CONDITON OF THE HAIR |
| ACTINIC DEMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY SUN EXPOSURE |
| DEMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN |
| SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY THE DISCHARGE O OIL |
| STEATITIS | INFLAMMAION OF FAT TISSUE |
| FIRST DEGREE BURN | BURN AFFECTING ONLY THE EPIDERMIS OR SUPERFICIAL 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 LATER |
| FOURTH DEGREE BURN | DEEP BURN AFFECTING NOT JUST ALL LAYERS OF THE SKIN BUT ALSO THE UNDERLYING TISSUES LIKE MUSCLE, FASCIA, AND BONE |
| ANESTHETIC | A DRUG THAT TEMPORARILY BLOCKS SENSATION'[ |
| ANTIBIOTIC | A DRUG THAT DESTROYS OR OPPOSES GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS |
| ANTIHISTAMINE | A DRUG THAT OPPOSES THE EFFECTS OF HISTAMINE |
| ANTIPURITIC | A DRUG THAT PREVENTS OR RELIEVES ITCHING |
| ANTISEPTIC | A DRUG THAT PREVENTS SEPSIS BY KILLING MICTOORGANISMS |
| EPIDERMAL | PERTAINING TO THE SKIN |
| HYPODERMIC | PERTAINING TO UNDERNEATH THE SKIN |
| INTRADERMAL | PERTAINING TO INSIDE THE SKIN |
| PERCUTANEOUS | PERTAINING TO THROUGH THE SKIN |
| TOPICAL | APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE SKIN |
| TRANSDERMAL | PERTAINING TO THRUGH THE SKIN |
| CHEMOSURGERY | REMOVAL OF TISSUE THAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED USING CHEMICALS |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | TREATMENT USING CHEMICALS |
| CRYOSURGERY | DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE TROUGH FREEZING |
| DERMABRASION | RUBBING OR SCRAPING AWAY THE OUTER SURFACE OF SKIN |
| ELECTROCAUTERIZATION | USING ELECTRICITY TO DESTROY TISSUE BY DRYING IT |
| INCISION AND DRAINAGE (I&D) | TO CCUT INTO A WOULLD TO ALLOW TRAPPED INFECTED LIQUID TO DRAIN |
| LIPECTOMY | REMOVAL OF FETTY TISSUE |
| LIPOSUCITON | REMOVAL OF FATTY TISSUE USING A VACUUM |
| ONYCHECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE NAIL |
| ONYCHTOMY | IINCISION INTO THE NAIL |
| RHYTIDOPLASTY | RECONSTRUCTION OF WRINKLED SKIN |
| AUTOGRAFT | SKIN TRANSPLANT TAKEN FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE OF THE PATIENTS BODY |
| HOMOGRAFT (ALLOGRAFT) | SKIN TRANSPLANT TAKEN FROM ANOTHER MEMEBER OF THE PATIENT'S SPECIES |
| HETERGRAFT | SKIN STRANSPLANT TAKEN FROM A SPECIES OTHER THAN THE PATIENTS |
| XENOGRAFT | SKIN TRANSPLANT TAKE FROM A SPECIES OTHER THAN THE PATIENT |
| ABCDE | ASYMETERY, BORDER,COLOR,DIAMETER, EVOLVING |
| AK | ACTINIC KERATOSIS |
| Bx | BIOPSY |
| C&S | CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY |
| DERM | DERMATOLOGY |
| ID | INTRADERMAL |
| SC | SUBCUTANEOUS |
| SQ | SUBCUTANEOUS |
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