SKIN: CUTANEOUS LESIONS
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lesion | an injury, sore, or wound; a pathological change in tissues due to disease or injury
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eruption | a breaking out or appearance of lesions on the skin
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disseminated | widley scattered; distributed over large areas of the body
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rash | a general term applied to any eruption of the skin
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circumscribed | confined or limited in space, as though by line drawn around the area
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macule | a small, flat, discolored spot or patch on the skin (e.g. a freckle)
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macular | pertaining to or characterized by macules; spotted
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papule | a small red elevation of skin that can be palpated (e.g. a pimple)
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papular | pertaining to or characterized by papules
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pustule | a small circumscribed elevation of the skin filled with pus (e.g. an infected pimple)
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vesicle | a blister; a small sac containing fluid located between the epidermus and the dermis
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vesiculation | the formation of blisters
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nodule | A small lump or swelling, a knotlike protuberance
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nodular | pertaining to or characterized by nodules
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wheal | a slightly elevated area of the skin, usually accompanied by intense itching
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fissure | a crack or splitlike sore in the skin or mucous membrane
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ulcer | an open sore or lesion of the skin or muscous mebrane
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ulcerate | to undergo ulceration; to develop a sore
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ulcerative | pertaining to or characterized by ulcers; causing an ulter(s)
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ulceration | the foramtion of an ulcer
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decubitus | the act of lying down or in the
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decubital | pertaining to a bedsore or pressure sore
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fistula | an abnormal tubelike passage connecting a normal body cavity or internal body structure to the body surface or another cavity. May be congenital or due to infections, injuries, or inflamatory processess
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sinus | an abnormal channel. a "sinus tract"
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