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Chapter 3 Flash Card
The Integumentary System-Dermatology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| integumentary system | the skin |
| epidermis | outermost layer of the skin |
| dermis | deeper layer of the skin |
| abrasion | scraping away of the skin |
| albinism | lack of pigment in the skin causing patient to look white |
| albino | a person afflicted with albinisim |
| alopecia | baldness |
| anhidrosis | lack of sweating |
| comedo | a hair follicle that plugged with sebum (black head, white head) |
| cyanhidrosis | blue sweat |
| depigmentation | lost of pigmentation |
| dermatalgia | skin pain |
| dermtodynia | skin pain |
| dermatolysis | loose skin |
| erytherma | redness |
| erythroderma | red skin |
| hermathidrosis | sweating blood |
| hidropoiesis | the formation of sweat |
| hyperhidrosis | exressive sweating |
| hyperkeratosis | excessive growth of horny skin |
| hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in the skim |
| hyperpigmentation | excessive pigment in the skin |
| hypohidrosis | diminished sweating |
| hypomelanosis | diminished melanin in the skin |
| hypopigmentation | diminished pigment in the skin |
| leukoderma | white skin |
| macerate | to soft the skin |
| onychophagia | eating or biting the nails |
| pruitus | an itch |
| rhytidermia | wrinkled skin |
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