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Chapter 2
Integumentary System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Skin layers | Epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous |
| Epidermis Layers | Starta, Stratum basale, stratum corneum |
| adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
| corne/o | horn, hard |
| cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
| kerat/o, scler/o | hard |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| plas/o | formation |
| purpur/o | purple |
| seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| squam/o | scale |
| trich/o | hair |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| Primary lesion | Flat, Elevated, Fluid elevation |
| Secondary lesions | erosion, ulcer, excoriation, fissure |
| Vascular lesion | lesion of a blood vessel |
| Purpuric lesion | hemorrhages in the skin |
| petechia | minute hemorrhagic spot that indicate a bleeding tendency |
| ecchymosis | bruise, black and blue mark; a large purpura |
| keloid | abnormal overgrowth of scar tissue that is thick and irregular |
| neoplasm | abnormal tissue that grows by more rapid than normal |
| nevus | benign localized overgrowth of melanin-forming cells on the skin present at birth or appearing early in life that can be epidermal or vascular |
| verruca | epidermal growth caused by a papilloma virus (wart) |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| biopsyBx | culture and sensitivity |
| FS | frozen section |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HSV-1 | herpes simplex virus 1 |
| HSV-2 | herpes simplex virus 2 |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| Rx | Prescription |
| SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
| Sig | label; instruction to the patient |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
| t.i.d | three times a day |