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Boisvert Lecture 9/18

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papule   solid, raised less than 1 cm  
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nodule   solid, raised greater than 1 cm but less than 2 cm  
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tumor   solid, raised greater 2 cm  
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plaque   raised, surface area large in relation to height greater than 1 cm  
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wheal   raised, leakage fluid into dermis  
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vesicle   fluid filled, raised, less than 1 cm  
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bulla   fluid filled, raised, greater than 1 cm  
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pustule   raised, less 1 cm filled purulent fluid  
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comedo   a plug of sebum and keratin in the opening of a hair follicle, the opening can be dilated forming a blackhead, or closed forming a whitehead.  
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burrow   a channel under the skin produced by a parasite  
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cyst   raised, encapsulated, in dermis or subcutaneous, filled liquid or semisolid  
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abscess   accumulation of purulent material in the dermis or subcutaneous  
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furuncle   A necrotizing form of inflammation of a hair follicle  
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carbuncle   A coalescence of several furuncles  
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milia   keratin filled cysts in distal sweat gland  
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Erythema   pink or red blanchable discoloration due dilated blood vessels  
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Petechiae   nonblanching, less .5 cm intravascular defect  
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Purpura   nonblanching greater than .5 cm intravascular defect  
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Ecchymosis   nonblanching due to vascular destruction or vasculitis  
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Spider angioma   blanchable, red body with radiating legs  
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Venous star   non blanchable, bluish spider  
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Telangiectasia   fine red lines due to dilatation of capillaries  
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Capillary hemangioma   macular patch due to dilatation of capillary  
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erosion   loss of superficial epidermis  
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ulcer   loss of epidermis and at least part of dermis  
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fissure   linear crack form epidermis to dermis  
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excoriation   superficial linear trauma  
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scaling   shedding stratum cornea  
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crusting   dried serum, pus or blood  
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lichenification   thickening and roughening  
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scar   connective tissue replacement  
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keloid   hypertrophied scar  
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sclerosis   Diffuse or circumscribed hardening of the skin  
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atrophy   thinning of the epidermis  
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Annular   ring shaped  
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Arcuate   partial rings  
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Circinate   circular  
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Confluent   running together  
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Discoid   disc shaped without central clearing  
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Grouped   clustered together  
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Iris   circle within a circle  
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Linear   in a line  
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Reticulated   lace like  
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Serpiginous   snake like  
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macule   flat less than 1 cm  
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patch   flat greater than 1 cm  
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