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Integumentary system

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Term
Definition
squam/o   scale  
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onchy/o ungu/o   nail  
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pachy/o   thick  
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kerat/o   hard  
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xer/o   dry  
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rhytid/o   wrinkle  
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erythr/o   red  
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macule   freckle (small flat discolored area)  
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patch   larger flat discolored area  
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papule   small solid mass  
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plaque   solid mass on the surface of the skin  
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nodule   a solid mass that extends deeper into the skin  
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tumor   larger solid mass  
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vesicle   smaller blister  
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bulla   larger blister  
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pustule   pus-filled blister  
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abscess   localized collection of pus in the body  
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excoriation   scratch  
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fissure   crack in the skin  
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petechia   small bruise  
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ecchymosis   larger bruise  
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cicatrix   scar  
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keloid   overgrowth of scar tissue  
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cubists   lie  
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atopic   unusual  
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dermatoconiosis   skin condition caused by dirt (skin-dust-condition)  
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epidermal   pertaining to the skin (upon-skin)  
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hypodermic subcutaneous   beneath the skin  
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intradermal   inside the skin  
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percutaneous transdermal   through the skin  
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autograft   skin transplant taken from a different place on the skin body (leg hip)  
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homograft allograft   skin transplant taken from another member of the patients species  
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heterograft   skin transplant taken from a species other than the patients  
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xenograft   transplant taken from a species other than the patients  
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antipruritic   a drug that prevents or relieves itching.  
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ID   intradermal  
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subcut SQ SC   subcutaneous  
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TD   transdermal  
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