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week 4
pt 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abrasion | scraping away of skin |
| Albinism | lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white |
| Albino | a person afflicted |
| Alopecia | baldness |
| Anhidrosis | lack of sweating |
| Comedo | a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum |
| Cyanhidrosis | blue sweat |
| Depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
| Dermatodynia | skin pain |
| Dermatolysis | loose skin |
| Erythema | redness |
| Erythroderma | red skin |
| Hemathidrosis | sweating blood |
| Hidropoiesis | the formation of sweat |
| Hyperhidtosis | excessive sweating |
| Hyperkerotosis | excessive growth of horny skin |
| Hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in the skin |
| Hyperpigmentation | excessive pigment in the skin |
| Hypohidrosis | diminished sweating |
| Hypoppigmentation | diminished pigment in the skin |
| Leukoderma | white skin |
| Macerate | to soften the skin |
| Onychophagia | eating or biting the nails |
| Pruritus | an itch |
| Rhytidermiaa | wrinkled skin |
| Sebopolesis | formation of oil (sebum) |
| Seborrhea | discharge of oil |
| Trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair |
| Urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| Xanthoderma | yellow skin |
| Xeroderma | dry skin |
| Xerosis | condition of dryness |