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3 Skin
Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hardness or Horniness | Kerato |
| Dryness | Xero |
| Whitenesas | Leuko |
| Redness | Erythro |
| Yellowness | Xantho |
| Blackness | Melano |
| Abrasion | Scraping away of skin |
| Albinism | Lack of pigment in skin causing pt to appear white |
| Albino | Person affected by albinism |
| Alopecia | Baldness |
| Anhidrosis | Lack of sweating |
| Comido | Hair follicle plugged w sebum (black head, white head) |
| Cyanhidrosis | Blue sweat |
| Depitgmentation | Loss of pigment |
| Dermatalgia | Definition of skin pain |
| Dermatolysis | Loose skin |
| Erythema | Redness |
| Erythroderma | Red skin |
| Hemathidrosis | Sweating blood |
| Hidropolesis | Formation of sweat |
| Hyperhidrosis | Excessive sweating |
| Hyperkerotosis | Excessive growth of hard skin |
| Hypermelanosis | Excessive melanin in the skin |
| Hyperpigmentation | Excessive pigment in the skin |
| Hypohidrosis | Diminished sweating |
| Hypomelanonsis | Diminished melanin in the skin |
| Hypopigmentation | Diminished pigment in the skin |
| Leukoderma | White skin |
| Macerate | Soften the skin |
| Onychophagia | Bite or eat the nails |
| Pruritus | Itch |
| Rhytidermia | Wrinkled skin |
| Sebopolesis | Formation of oil (sebum) |
| Seborrhea | Discharge of oil (sebum) |
| Trichomegaly | Abnormally thick hair |
| Urticaria | Swollen raised itchy areas of skin |
| Xanthoderma | Yellow skin |
| Xerosis | Condition of dryness |