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Chapter 3
Dermatology - Subjective
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abrasion (uh-BRAY-zhun) | ab / rasion away/scrape |
| albinism (Al-bih-nizm) | albin/ism white/condition |
| albino (al-BAI-noh) | albino |
| alopecia (AL-oh-PEE-shah) | Greek word for fox baldness |
| anhidrosis (An-hai-DROH-sis) | an/sweat/condition lack of sweating |
| comedo (KOM-eh-doh) | Latin for "eat up" a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum |
| cyanhidrosis (sai-an-hai-DROH-sis) | cyan/hidr/osis blue sweat/condition blue sweat |
| depigmentation (DE-pig-men-TAY-shun) | de/pigment/ation away/pigment/condition loss of pigmentation |
| dermatalgia (DER-mah-TAL-jah) | dermat/algia skin/pain skin pain |
| dermatodynia (der-MAH-toh-DIH-nee-ah) | dermato/dynia skin/pain skin pain |
| dermatolysis (DER-mah-TAWL-ih-sis) | dermato/lysis skin/loose loose skin |
| erythema (ER-ih-THEE-mah) | redness |
| erythroderma (eh-RITH-roh-DER-mah) | erythro/derma red/skin red skin |
| hemathidrosis (hee-mat-hai-DROH-sis) | hemat/hidr/osis blood/sweat/condition sweating blood |
| hidropoiesis (HAI-droh-poi-EE-sis) | hyper/hidr/osis over/sweat/condition excessive sweating |
| hyperkerotosis (HAI-per-KER-ah-TOH-sis) | hyper/kerat/osis over/horny/condition excessive melanin in the skin |