Question | Answer |
adip/o | fat |
albin/o | white |
caus/o | burning |
erythem/o | redness |
hidr/o | sweat |
lip/o | fat |
onych/o | nail |
trich/o | hair |
Xer/o | Dry |
acne | Build-up of sebum and keratin in pores of the skin leading to papular and pustular eruptions |
Albinism | Absence of pigment in skin |
albinism | Absence of skin pigment |
Collagen | Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue: |
comedo | Blackhead |
Cutane/o | a combining form meaning skin |
Decubitus ulcer | Bed sore; break in continuity of skin |
Dermis | Middle layer of skin |
Diaphoresis | Profuse sweating |
Dysplastic nevi | Moles that can develop into malignant melanoma |
eczema | Chronic or acute inflammatory skin disease with erythematous, pustular, or papular lesion |
gangrene | Necrosis of skin tissue resulting from ischemia |
impetigo | Contagious, infectious pyoderma |
Keloid | Thickened scar |
Keratin | A hard protein material found in the epidermis: |
Leukoplakia | White patches on a mucous membrane of tongue or cheek |
malignant melanoma | Cancerous tumor composed of melanocytes |
melanoma | Malignant tumor of pigmented skin cells |
Mohs surgery | Layers of growth are removed and examined microscopically |
nevus | Mole |
Paronychia | Inflammation of the soft tissue around a nail |
Pruritus | Itching |
Psoriasis | Chronic recurrent dermatosis with silvery gray scales covering red patches in skin |
Scleroderma | Connective tissue in the skin hardens; Chronic hardening and shrinking of connective tissue |
Squamous cell | A type of epithelial cell in the epidermis is a/an: |
Steatoma | Fatty mass within a sebaceous gland |
Subungual | Pertaining to under a nail |
Systemic lupus erythematosus | Inflammatory disease of the joints and collagen of the skin; can affect other body organs, with “butterfly” rash on the face |
Tinea | A dermatomycosis; Fungal skin infection |
Trichomycosis | Fungal infection |
urticaria | Red, round wheals (hives) |