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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| integumentary system | The skin |
| petechiae | small broken blood vessels |
| epidermis | made of squamous cells |
| papules | <1 cm |
| pustules | full of pus |
| BCC | Basal cell carcinoma |
| Bx | Biopsy |
| ID | Intradermal |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
| Lip/o- | Fat |
| Dermat/o- | Skin |
| Pil/o- | Hair |
| Squam/o- | Scale |
| Sebace/o- | oil |
| Kaposi sarcoma | a type of cancer that develops from the cells lining lymph or blood vessels |
| darier disease | Also known as Darier-White disease or keratosis follicularis, named after French dermatologist Ferdinand-Jean Darier |
| Mohs surgery | A precise surgical technique for removing skin cancer, named after Frederic E. Mohs |
| Auspitz sign | In psoriasis, scratching a lesion reveals punctate bleeding points. |
| Dercum Disease | A rare disorder characterized by painful growths of fatty tissue (lipomas), mainly in women. |