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Dermatology
Ch. 3 Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| As the largest organ in the body, what serves as the first point of contact with its surroundings? | Skin |
| What is the outermost layer of skin called that appears like fish scales under a microscope? | epidermis |
| Home to hair follicles, nerves, and glands, what is the deeper layer of skin called under the epidermis? | dermis |
| What are the two different types of glands of the skin? | Sweat glands & sebaceous glands |
| What type of tissue make up your fingernails? | keratin |
| What do the root words adip/o, lip/o, and steat/o mean? | fat (adipocyte, lipoma, steatosis) |
| What do the root words cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o mean? | skin (subcutaneous, epidermal, dermatology) |
| What do the root words pil/o, and trich/o mean? | hair (piloid, atrichosis) |
| What does the root word hidr/o mean? | sweat (hyperhidrosis) |
| The root squam/o means what? | scale (squamous layer) |
| What are the two root words for nail(s)? | onych/o, & ungu/o |
| The root words seb/o, and sebace/o mean what? | oil |
| Skin abnormalities are generally categorized into what two groups? | unusual skin texture, and unusual skin color. |
| What does the root word crypt/o mean? | hidden |
| What does the root word kerat/o mean? | hard, horny |
| What is the root word for dry? | xer/o (xeroderma) |
| xanth/o is the root word for what color? | yellow |
| erythr/o is the root word for what color? | red |
| leuk/o, and alb/o are the root words for what color? | white |
| melan/o is the root word for what color? | black |
| What is the term for scraping away of skin? | abrasion (ab / rasion) away / scrape |
| What is the term for lack of pigment in the skin causing patient to look white? | albinism (albin / ism) white / condition |
| What is the term for a person afflicted with albinism? | albino |
| Baldness is another word for what? | alopecia |
| What is the term for lack of sweating? | anhidrosis (an / hidr / osis) no / sweat / condition |
| What is the term for a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (black head, white head) | comedo |
| What is the term for blue sweat? | cyanhidrosis (cyan / hidr / osis) blue, sweat, condition |
| What is the root word for loss of pigmentation? | depigmentation (de / pigment / ation) away / pigment / condition |
| What is the definition of dermatalgia (dermat / algia) and dermatodynia (dermato / dynia) | skin pain (skin / pain) |
| What does the term erythema mean? | redness |
| What does Erythroderma translate to? | red skin (erythro / derma) red / skin |
| What does hemathidrosis translate to? | sweating blood (hemat / hidr / osis) blood / sweat / condition |
| Hidropoiesis (hidro / poiesis) is the formation of what? | sweat |
| What is the term for excessive sweating? | hyperhidrosis (hyper / hidr / osis) over / sweat / condition |
| Hyperkerotosis (hyper / kerat / osis) is the excessive growth of what? | horny skin |
| What is the term for excessive melanin in the skin? | hypermelanosis (hyper / melan / osis) over / black / condition |
| Excessive pigment in the skin is called what? | hyperpigmentation (hyper / pigment / ation) over / pigment / condition |
| What is diminished sweating called? | hypohidrosis (hypo / hidr / osis) under / sweat / condition |
| What is the term for diminished melanin in the skin? | hypomelanosis (hypo / melan / osis) under / black / condition |
| Diminished pigment in the skin is called what? | hypopigmentation (hypo / pigment / ation) under / pigment / condition |
| What is the term for white skin? | leukoderma (leuko / derma) white / skin |
| Macerate (MAS-ih-rayt) is the root word for what? | to soften the skin |
| What is the term for biting your nails? | onychophagia (onycho / phagia) nail / eat |
| Pruritus is the root word for what? | an itch |
| Rhytidermia is the term for what? | wrinkled skin (rhyti / dermia) wrinkle / skin |
| Sebopoiesis is the term for the formation of what? | oil (sebo / poiesis) oil / formation |
| What is the term for discharge of oil? | seborrhea (sebo / rrhea) oil / discharge |
| Abnormally thick hair is called what? | trichomegaly (tricho / megaly) hair / enlargement |
| Urticaria is the root word for what? | swollen raised itchy areas of skin |
| Xanthoderma is the term for what? | yellow skin (xantho / derma) |
| Xeroderma is the term for what? | dry skin (xero / derma) |
| Xerosis is the term for what? | condition of dryness (xero / osis) dry / condition |
| Rashes that start from the middle and work their way outward are called what? | centrifugal |
| Rashes that spread from the outside inward are called what? | centripetal |
| What are small bumps under 1cm called? | papules |
| What are bumps over 1cm called? | nodules |
| What are large, flat like bumps known as? | plaques |
| What are vesicles? | small bumps under 1cm filled with clear fluid |
| A small bump under 1cm filled with pus is known as what? | pustules |
| What is another term for blister? | bulla |
| Small, flat spots, such as freckles are known as what? | macules |
| Large macules are also known as what? | patches |
| Too many blood vessels formed in one area can cause a mass called what? | cherry angioma |
| Small bruises are also known as | petechiae |
| Large bruises are also known as | ecchymosis |
| a heavy concentration of blood vessels that are flat but visible are called what? | telangiectasia |
| What are the three skin functions that become impaired after a skin burn? | the ability to regulate heat, the ability to regulate hydration, and the ability to fight infection |
| A superficial burn of the skin or epidermis (ex. sunburn) | first-degree burn |
| A deeper burn involving the dermis | second-degree burn |
| A type of burn that injures the subcutaneous layer | third-degree burn |
| A type of burn that involves the underlying tissues like the bone, muscle, and fascia | fourth-degree burn |
| What is the mainstay of dermatology? | skin biopsy |
| Large, flat, discolored area is known as | patch (vitiligo) |
| A large, solid mass is known as a | tumor |
| a small blister | vesicle |
| a small bubble | bulla |
| pus filled blister | pustule |
| a localized collection of pus in the body, (large pustule) | abscess |
| loss of skin | erosion (e / rosion) away / gnaw / eat |
| a term for a sore | ulcer |
| a term for a scratch | excoriation (ex / cori / ation) out / skin / condition |
| a crack in the skin | fissure |
| skin flaking off | scale |
| a dried substance on the skin (i.e. blood, pus) | crust |
| wounds related to blood vessels | vascular lesion |
| the overexpansion of the end of a blood vessel, aka a spider angioma | telangiectasia (tel / angi / extasia) end / blood vessel / expansion |
| another name for a scar | cicatrix |
| an overgrowth of scar tissue | keloid (kel / oid) tumor / resembling |
| tumors on the skin | epidermal tumors (epi / derm / al tumor) upon / skin / pertaining to tumor |
| another word for mole | nevus |
| a mole with bad changes/formations (precancerous) | dysplastic nevus (dys / plastic nevus) bad / formation mole |
| another word for wart | verruca |
| What diagnostic procedure grows microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs they might respond to | Culture and Sensitivity (C&S) |
| What diagnostic procedure is the removal of tissue in order to examine it? | Biopsy (Bx) |
| What is an excisional biopsy? | the removal of an entire lesion for examination (to cut it out) |
| What is an incisional biopsy? | removal of a portion of a lesion (to cut into it) |
| What instrument is used to look at the skin? | dermatoscope (dermato / scope) skin / instrument used to look |
| What is the procedure for looking at the skin? | dermatoscopy (dermato / scopy) skin / looking procedure |
| What is an adipocele (adipo / cele) | hernia filled with fatty tissue (fat / hernia) |
| What is a dermatofibroma (dermato / fibr / oma) | a fibrous skin tumor (skin / fiber / tumor) |
| What is an erythrocyanosis (erythro / cyan / osis) | red or blue discoloration of the skin (red / blue / condition) |
| What causes horny tissue development? | keratogenic (kerato / gen / ic) horny / creation / pertaining to |
| What is keratosis? | horny tissue condition |
| What is the term for tissue death? | necrosis (necr / osis) death / condition |
| What is the term for a nail condition? | onychia (onych / ia) nail / condition |
| An ingrown nail is also know as | onychocryptosis (onycho / crypt/ osis) nail / hidden / condition |
| Onycholysis is the __________ of a nail | loss (lysis) |
| Onychomalacia is the ________________ ______________ of a nail | abnormal softening (malacia) |
| Onychopathy is ________ _____________ | nail disease (pathy) |
| Pachyderma is also known as | tough skin (pachy / derma) think / skin |
| What is the definition of paronychia | a condition of the tissue around the nail (par / onych / ia) around / nail / condition |
| What is the definition of steatoma | a fatty tumor (steat / oma) fat / tumor |
| What is the definition of xanthoma | a yellow tumor (xanth / oma) yellow / tumor |
| What is the medical term for a bed sore? | decubitus ulcer (de / cubitus/ ulcer) down / lie / sore |
| What is the medical term for a skin condition? | dermatosis |
| What is the medical term for skin disease? | dermopathy |
| What is atopic dermatitis? | a chronic dry inflammatory disease characterized by itching (a / top / ic / derrmat / itis) not / place / pertaining to skin / inflammation |
| Hypertrichosis is the term for | excessive growth of hair (hyper / trich / osis) over / hair / condition |
| What is the name of the condition for dry, scaly, skin resembling fish scales? | ichthyosis (ichthy / osis) fish scale / condition |
| postpartum alopecia is | baldness after childbirth (post / partum / alopecia) after / birth / baldness |
| What is psoriasis | a skin condition characterized by patches of itchy, red, scaly, skin (psor / iasis) itch / presence of |
| Define sclerodermatitis | hard / skin / inflammation (sclero / dermat / itis) |
| Define scleronychia | hard / nail / condition (sclero / onych / ia) |
| Define xanthosis | yellowing of the skin (xanth / osis) yellow / condition |
| Define Actinic keratosis | horny skin condition caused by sun exposure (actin / ic / kerat / osis) sun ray / pertaining to / horny / condition |
| cancerous tumors of the Basal skin cells is | Basal cell carcinoma (base cell / cancer / tumor) |
| hidradenoma (hidr / aden / oma) is tumor of the ________ __________ | sweat gland (sweat / gland / tumor) |
| What is malignant cutaneous neoplasm | a harmful new formation of skin tissue (malignant cutane / ous / neo / plasm) harmful skin / pertaining to / new / formation |
| Malignant melanoma is what? | a harmful tumor of melanin cells (bad / black / tumor) |
| Squamous cell carcinoma is what? | cancerous tumor of the squamous skin cell (squam / ous / cell carcin / oma) scale / pertaining to / cell cancer / tumor |
| Inflammation of the skin follicles | acne |
| a fungal skin condition | dermatomycosis (dermato / myc / osis) skin / fungus / condition |
| inflammation of the sweat glands | hidradentis (hidr / aden / itis) sweat / gland / inflammation |
| highly contagious bacterial infection of the skin | impetigo |
| inflammation of the skin caused by fungus | mycodermatitis (myco / dermat / itis) fungus / skin / inflammation |
| a fungal condition | mycosis (myco / sis) fungus / condition |
| poor nourishment of the nail | onychodystrophy (onycho / dys / trophy) nail / bad / nourishment |
| What is the term for ringworm? a circular fungal condition | tinea |
| what is the term for a fungal condition of the hair? | trichomycosis (tricho / myc / osis) hair / fungus / condition |
| what is the term for inflammation caused by sun exposure? | actinic dermatitis (actin / ic / dermat / itis) sun ray / pertaining to skin / inflammation |
| what is inflammation of the skin? | dermatitis (dermat / itis) skin / inflammation |
| Define seborrheic dermatitis | inflammation of the skin caused by oil (sebum) |
| Define steatitis | inflammation of fat tissue (steat / itis) fat / inflammation |
| What is the most common type of skin cancer? | Basal cell carcinoma |
| What is the deadliest form of skin cancer? | melanoma |
| What is the name of one of the oldest surgical techniques that involves removing very thin layers of tissue and examining them under a microscope for cancer? | Mohs micrograph surgery |
| What is an anesthetic? | a drug that temporarily blocks sensation (an / esthetic) no sensation |
| What is an antibiotic? | a drug that destroys or opposes growth of microorganisms (anti / biotic) against / life |
| what is an antihistamine? | a drug that opposes the effects of histamine (anti / histamine) against / histamine |
| What is an antipruritic? | a drug that prevents or relieves itching (anti / pruritic) against / itching |
| What is an antiseptic? | a drug that prevents sepsis (rotting of flesh) by killing microorganisms (anti / septic) against / rotting |
| epidermal | pertaining to the skin (epi / derm / al) upon / skin / pertaining to |
| hypodermic | pertaining to beneath the skin (hypo / derm / ic) beneath / skin / pertaining to |
| intradermal | pertaining to inside the skin |
| percutaneous | pertaining to through the skin (per / cutane / ous) through / skin / pertaining to |
| subcutaneous | pertaining to beneath the skin |
| topical | applied directly to the skin |
| transdermal | pertaining to through the skin (trans / derm / al) through / skin / pertaining to |
| chemosurgery | removal of tissues destroyed by chemicals (chemo /surgery) chemical / surgery |
| chemotherapy | treatment using chemicals (chemo / therapy) chemical / treatment |
| cryosurgery | destruction of tissue using through freezing (cryo / surgery) cold / surgery |
| dermabrasion | rubbing or scraping away outer surface of skin (derm /ab / brasion) skin / away / rub |
| electrocauterization | using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it (electro / cauteriz / ation) electricity / burn / process |
| electrodesiccation | using electricity to destroy tissue by drying it (electro / desicc / ation) electricity / drying / process |
| incision & drainage (I&D) | to cut into a wound to allow trapped infected liquid to drain |
| what is a lipectomy? | fat removal (lip / ectomy) fat / removal |
| what is liposuction? | fat suction (lipo / suction) |
| what is onychectomy? | removal of a nail (onych / ectomy) nail / removal |
| what is onychotomy? | incision into a nail (onycho / tomy) nail / incision |
| what is a rhytidoplasty? | reconstruction of wrinkled skin (rhytido / plasty) wrinkle / reconstruction |
| autograft | skin taken from patient (auto / graft) self / transplant |
| homograft (allograft) | skin taken from another person (homo / graft) similar / transplant |
| heterograft | skin taken from another species (hetero / graft) different / transplant |
| xenograft | skin taken from another species (xeno / graft) forgein / transplant |
| What does the abbreviation ABCDE mean? | asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving |
| What does the abbreviation AK mean? | actinic keratosis |
| What does the abbreviation Bx mean? | biopsy |
| What does the abbreviation C&S mean? | culture and sensitivity |
| What does the abbreviation derm mean? | dermatology |
| What does the abbreviation ID mean? | intradermal |
| What does the abbreviation SC mean? | subcutaneous |
| What does the abbreviation SQ mean? | subcutaneous |
| What is another term for atopic dermatitis? | eczema |
| Define the root adip/o | fat |
| Define the root alb/o | white |
| Define the root crypt/o | hidden |
| Define the root cutane/o | skin |
| Define the root dermat/o | skin |
| Define the root derm/o | skin |
| Define the root erythr/o | red |
| Define the root hidr/o | sweat |
| Define the root kerat/o | hard, horny |
| Define the root leuk/o | white |
| Define the root lip/o | fat |
| Define the root melan/o | black |
| Define the root onych/o | nail |
| Define the root pachy/o | thick |
| Define the root pil/o | hair |
| Define the root sebace/o | oil |
| Define the root seb/o | oil |
| Define the root squam/o | scale |
| Define the root steat/o | fat |
| Define the root trich/o | hair |
| Define the root ungu/o | nail |
| Define the root xanth/o | yellow |
| Define the root xer/o | dry |
| a crack in the skin is a | fissure |
| What does the root aden mean? | gland |
| What is the correct definition of the root squamo? | scale |
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