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DermatologicalTerms
Ch.3
Term | Definition |
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abrasion | scraping away of skin |
albinism | lack of pigmentation in skin causes patient to look white |
albino | a person affected by alinism |
alopecia | baldness |
anhidrosis | lack of sweating |
comedo | hair follicle plugged with sebum (black/white head) |
cyanhidrosis | blue sweat |
depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
dermatalagia | skin pain |
dermatodynia | skin pain |
dermatolysis | loose skin |
erythema | redness |
erythroderma | red skin |
hemathidrosis | sweating blood |
hidropoiesis | sweat formation |
hyperkeratosis | excessive growth of horny skin |
hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in skin |
hyperpigmentation | excessive pigmentation in skin |
hypohidrosis | diminished sweating |
hypermelanosis | diminished melanin in skin |
hypopigmentation | diminished pigmentation in skin |
leukoderma | white skin |
macerate | to soften skin |
onychophagia | eating/biting nails |
pruritus | an itch |
rhytiderma | wrinkled skin |
sebopoiesis | discharge of oil (sebum) |
trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair |
urticaria | swollen/raised itchy areas of skin |
xanthoderma | yellow skin |
xeroderma | dry skin |
xerosis | condition of dryness |