Term | Definition |
EPI | ABOVE OR UPON |
-OSIS | CONDITION |
-PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
SEB/O | SEBUM |
MELAN/O | BLACK/DARK |
ONYCH/O | FINGERNAIL/TOENAIL |
ERYTH/O | RED |
XER/O | DRY |
HIDR/O | SWEAT |
LEUK/O | WHITE |
CYAN/O | BLUE |
XANTH/O | YELLOW |
KERAT/O | HORNY, HARD, CORNEA |
BIO | LIFE |
LIP/O | FAT, LIPID |
DERM/O, DERMAT/O, DERMA | SKIN |
EPIDERMIS | OUTER MOST LAYER OF SKIN |
DERMIS | AKA CORIUM. THICK LAYER OF TISSUE DIRECTLY BELOW YOUR EPIDERMIS |
SUBCUTANEOUS | FATTY LAYER JUST BELOW THE SKIN |
DERMATOLOGIST | SKIN SPECIALIST |
-ISM | CONDITION, STATE OF |
-AR | PERTAINING TO |
-ARY | PERTAINING TO |
-TION | PROCESS, STATE OR QUALITY OF |
-IOR | PERTAINING TO |
HIRSUT/O | HAIRY, ROUGH |
PEDICUL/O | LOUSE/LICE |
PIL/O | HAIR |
CUTANE/O | SKIN |
TRICH/O | HAIR |
FOLLICULITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE HAIR FOLLICLES |
ALBINISM | A GENETIC CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A DEFICIENCY OR ABSENCE OF PIGMENT IN THE SKIN, HAIR AND IRISES |
HEMATOMA | SWELLING OF CLOTTED BLOOD TRAPPED IN THE TISSUE |
PURULENT | PRODUCING OR CONTAINING PUZ |
VERRUCA | SMALL HARD SKIN CAUSED BY THE HUMAN PAPILLOMANRUS |
CONTUSION | AN INJURY TO UNDERLYING TISSUE WITHOUT BREAKING THE SKIN CHARACTERIZED BY DISCOLORATION AND PAIN |
DERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN |
-OLOGY | THE STUDY OF |
-SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
-SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION |
MYC/O | FUNGUS |
RHTID/O | WRINKLE |
URTIC/O | NETTLE, RASH, HIVES |
TRICH/O | HAIR |
PRURITUS | SEVERE ITCHING |
LEASION | A PATHOLOGIC CHANGE OF TISSUE DUE TO DISEASE OR INJURY |
TINEA | A FUNGAL INFECTION THAT CAN GROW ON THE SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS |
CARBUNCLE | A CLUSTER OF CONNECTED FURUNCLES (BOILS) |
FURUNCLES | LARGE, TENDER, SWOLLEN AREAS CAUSED BY A STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION AROUND HAIR |
ANTIFUNGAL | AN AGENT THAT DESTROYS OR INHIBITS THE GROWTH OF FUNGI FOLLICLES OR SEBACEOUS GLAND |
CAUTERIZED | DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE BY BURNING |
DEBRIDEMENT | THE REMOVAL OF DIRT FOREIGN OBJECT, DAMAGED TISSUE AND CELLULAR DEBRIS FROM A WOUND TO PREVENT INFECTION AND PROMOTE HEALING |
TRICHOSOCPY | |
BIOPSY-BX | THE REMOVAL OF SMALL PIECE OF LIVING TISSUE FOR EXAMINATION TO CONFIRM OR ESTABLISH DIAGNOSIS |
I & D | INCISION AND DRAINAGE OR IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT |
DERMABRASION | A FORM OF ABRASION INVOLVING THE USE OF A REVOLVING WIRE BRUSH OF SANDPAPER |