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Chapter 3
The integumentary system-dermatology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1.anhidrosis | Lack of sweating |
| 2.comedo | A hair follicle that is plugged with sebum |
| 3.cyanhidrosis | Blue sweat |
| 4.depigmentation | Loss of pigmentation |
| 5.dermatalgla | Skin pain |
| 6.Dermatolysis | loose skin |
| 7.erythema | redness |
| 8.marcerate | to soften the skin |
| 9.leukoderma | White skin |
| 10.onychophagia | Eating or biting the nails |
| 11.pruritus | An itch |
| 12. Rhytidermla | Wrinkled skin |
| 13.seborrhea | Discharge of oil |
| 14.trichomegaly | Abnormally thick hair |
| 15.urticaria | Swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| 16.xerosis | Condition of dryness |
| 17.erosion | Loss of skin |
| 18.excoriation | A scratch |
| 19.fissuse | A crack in the skin |
| 20. Telangiectasis | The over expansion of the end of a blood vessel |
| 21.petechia | A small bruise |
| 22.nevus | Mole |
| 23.verruca | Wart |
| 24.adipocele | A hernia filled with fatty tissue |
| 25.dermatofibroma | A fibrous skin tumor |
| 26.keratogenic | Causing horny tissue development |
| 27.onychia | A nail condition |
| 28.steatoma | A fatty tumor |
| 29. Paronychia | A condition of the tissue around the nail |
| 30.pachyderma | Tough skin |