MT C12 Skin
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| abras/o | rub or scrape off
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| albin/o | white
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| alopec/o | baldness
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| bi/o | life
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| carcin/o | cancer
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| chrom/o | color
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| cis/o | to cut
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| contus/o | to bruise
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| cry/o | cold
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| crypt/o | hidden
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| cutane/o | skin
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| dermat/o | skin
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| derm/o -derma | skin
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| diaphor/o | sweat
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| ecchym/o | pouring out of juice
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| eczemat/o | erupt
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| epi- | upon, above, on or upper
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| erythem/o erythemat/o | flushed or redness
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| -esis | state or abnormal condition
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| ex- | out
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| hidr/o | sweat
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| histi/o hist/o | tissue
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| -ia | state or condition
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| in- | in
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| kerat/o | horny or hard
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| lacerat/o | torn or ragged
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| lip/o | fat
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| myc/o | fungus
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| onych/o | fingernail or toenail
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| -opsy | view of
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| petechi/o | skin spot
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| -phagia phag/o | eating or swallowing
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| pil/i pil/o | hair
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| prurit/o | itch
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| psor/i psor/o | itch
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| purpur/o | purple
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| py/o | pus
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| seb/o | sebum - afatty secretion of the sebaceous glans of the skin
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| ungu/o | fingernail or toenail
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| urtic/o | hives
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| xer/o | dry
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| blepharoplasty | plastic surgery on an eyelid especially to remove fatty or excess tissue
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| carbuncle | a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin & deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus & usually necrosis & sloughing of dead tissue
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| decubitus ulcer | are localized injuries to the skin and/or underlying tissue that usually occur over a bony prominence as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear and/or friction
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| debridement | Use instruments remove dead, contaminated, or adherent tissue and/or foreign material
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| eczema | a group of medical conditions that cause the skin to become inflamed or irritated
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| erythema | is redness of the skin or mucous membranes, caused by hyperemia of superficial capillaries
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| impetigo | highly contagious skin infection - usually appears as red sores on the face, especially around a child's nose and mouth
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| keloid | a thick scar resulting from excessive growth of fibrous tissue and occurring especially after burns or radiation injury
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| liposuction | surgical removal of local fat deposits by applying suction through a small tube inserted into the body
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| rhytidectomy | A facelift
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| subungual hematoma | the collection of blood in the space between the nail bed and fingernail due to direct injury to the fingernail
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| vitiligo | a progressive skin disorder caused by destruction of melanocytes and marked by sharply circumscribed white spots of skin
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| lesion | an abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease
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| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus
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| necrotizing fasciitis | a severe soft tissue infection by bacteria - marked by edema and necrosis of subcutaneous tissues with involvement of adjacent fascia and by painful red swollen skin over affected areas
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| ecchymosis | A purplish patch caused by extravasation of blood into the skin, differing from petechiae only in size (larger than 3 mm diameter)
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| hematoma | a mass of usually clotted blood that forms in a tissue, organ, or body space as a result of a broken blood vessel
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| port wine stain | a reddish purple superficial hemangioma of the skin commonly occurring as a birthmark
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| strawberry hemangioma | a usually benign tumor made up of blood vessels that typically occurs as a purplish or reddish slightly elevated area of skin
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| pediculosis capitis | infestation of the scalp by head lice
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| pediculosis corporis | infestation by body lice
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| cellulitis | A spreading bacterial infection underneath the skin surface characterized by redness, warmth, swelling, and pain
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