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Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Abrasion | scraping away of skin |
| 2. Albinism | lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white |
| 3.albino | a person afflicted with albinism |
| 4.alopecia | baldness |
| 5. anhidrosis | lack of sweating |
| 6.cyanhidrosis | blue sweat |
| 7. depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
| 8. dermatalgla | Skin pain |
| 9.dermatodynla | skin pain |
| 10.dermatolysis | loose skin |
| 11. erythema | redness |
| 12. Erythroderma | Red skin |
| 13.hemathidrosis | sweating blood |
| 14.hidropolesis | the formation of sweat |
| 15. leukoderma | white skin |
| 16.hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
| 17. Hyperkerotosis | excessive growth of homy skin |
| 18. hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in the skin |
| 19. hyperpigmentation | excessive pigment in the skin |
| 20. onychophagia | Eating or biting the nails |
| 21. pruritus | an itch |
| 22. rhytidemia | Wrinkled skin |
| 23.sebopolesis | formation of oil |
| 24. seborrhea | discharge of oil |
| 25.trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair |
| 26. urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| 27. xanthoderma | yellow skin |
| 28. xeroderma | dry skin |
| 29. xerosis | condition of dryness |
| 30. macerate | to soften the skin |