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MED TERMS
dermatological terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abrasion | scraping away of skin |
| albinism | lack of pigment causing skin to look white |
| alopecia | baldness |
| anhidrosis | lack of sweating |
| comedo | hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (white head /black head) |
| cyanhidrosis | blue sweat |
| depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
| dermatodynia | skin pain |
| dermatolysis | loose skin |
| erythema | redness |
| erythroderma | red skin |
| hemathidrosis | sweating blood |
| hidropoiesis | formation of sweat |
| hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
| hyperkerotosis | excessive growth of horny skin |
| hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in the skin |
| hyperpigmentation | excessive pigment in the skin |
| hypohidrosis | diminished sweating |
| hypomelanosis | diminished melanin in the skin |
| hypopigmentation | diminished pigdment in the skin |
| leukoderma | white skin |
| macerate | to soften the skin |
| onychophagia | eating or biting nails |
| pruritus | an itch |
| rhytidermaia | wrinkled skin |
| sebopoiesis | formation of oil |
| seborrhea | discharge of oil |
| trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair |
| urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| xanthroderma | yellow skin |
| xeroderma | dry skin |
| xerosis | condition of dryness |