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Med Terms:Chapter 2

TermDefinition
1. corne/o horn, hard
2. hidr/o sweat
3. kerat/o hard
4. onych/o nail
5. plas/o formation
6. purpur/o purple
7. myc/o fungus
8. seb/o sebum (oil)
9. squam/o scale
10. trich/o hair
11. xanth/o yellow
12. xer/o dry
13. sudoriferous glands sweat glands
14. lesion an area of pathologically altered tissue
15. primary lesions lesions arising from previously normal skin
16. macule a flat, discolored spot on the skin up to 1 cm across
17. papule a solid mass on the skin up to 0.5 cm in diameter
18. nodule a solid mass greater than 1 cm that extends deeper into the epidermis
19. wheal an area of localized skin edema (swelling, a hive, etc)
20. bulla a blister larger than 0.5 cm (a second degree burn, bulla=bubble)
21. excoriation a scratch mark
22. fissure a linear crack in the skin
23. scale a thin flake of exfoliated epidermis
24. ecchymosis bruise, a black and blue mark
25. keloid an abnormal overgrowth of scar tissue that is thick and irregular (kele=tumor)
26. dysplastic nevus a mole with precancerous changes
27. verruca an epidermal growth caused by a papiloma viirus, also called a wart
28. dermatosis any disorder of the skin
29. Rubeola a term used for measles
30. gangrene death of tissue associated with loss of blood supply
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