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Acne | show 🗑
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Albinism | show 🗑
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show | Skin test used to identify allergies.
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Alopecia | show 🗑
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show | Drug that causes a reversible loss of sensation or pain; used to temporarily deaden pain.
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show | Drug used to fight off or prevent infection.
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show | Drug used to fight off fungal infections, such as athlete's foot and ringworm.
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show | Drug used to inhibit itching. Itching is a symptom associated with many skin disorders.
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show | Drug used to treat viral infections, such as herpes.
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Arrector pili | show 🗑
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Autograft | show 🗑
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show | Commonly slow growing, malignant tumor of the basal cell layer of the epidermis.
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show | Deepest layer of epidermis.
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show | Drug derived from living organisms through molecular biology techniques.
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Biopsy | show 🗑
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show | Plastic surgery of the eyelid; also known as a lid lift.
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Burns | show 🗑
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show | Destruction of tissue through the application of heat, cold, or an electrical current.
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show | The use of chemicals to remove outer layers of the skin; common treatment for acne and wrinkle removal.
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show | A scar left by a healed wound.
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show | A fibrous protein found in skin, bone, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments.
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show | Drug used to treat skin conditions linked to autoimmune diseases, such as vasculitis, and inflammatory diseases, such as eczema and psoriasis.
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show | Destruction of abnormal tissue by freezing it with liquid nitrogen; common treatment for warts.
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show | Removal of tissue by scraping the surface; a common treatment for removal of basal cell tumors.
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Cuticle | show 🗑
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show | The appearance of a blue or purple discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes due to insufficient blood oxygen or poor circulation.
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Cyst | show 🗑
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show | Removal of damaged tissue and foreign debris to prevent infection and promote healing, common treatment for bedsores and burns.
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show | The use of abrasive materials, such as brushes and sandpaper, to remove layers of skin.
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show | A physician who diagnoses and treats conditions and diseases of the skin, hair and nails.
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Dermatology technician | show 🗑
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show | Replacement of damaged skin with donor skin from a different region of the body; skin graft
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show | The layer directly below the epidermis that's made up of connective tissue, blood and lymphatic vessels, nerve fibers, hair follicles, sebaceous and sweat glands.
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Ecchymosis | show 🗑
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show | Acute or chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by erythema, itchiness, and edema or swelling.
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Epidermis | show 🗑
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show | Tissue composed of densely packed cells. That cover the surface of the body and also line internal organs and cavities.
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show | Surgical removal of an entire lesion or tumor.
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Exfoliative cytology | show 🗑
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First-degree burn | show 🗑
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Fissure | show 🗑
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show | Necrosis or death, of tissue due to loss of blood supply, followed by bacterial infection.
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show | A cell, or groups of cells, that secretes select substances within or out of the body.
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Hair follicles | show 🗑
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show | The nongrowing part of a hair that protrudes from the skin.
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Immunosuppressant | show 🗑
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show | Bacterial infection of the skin characterized by vesicles (small, fluid-filled sacs
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show | Procedure in which an incision is made through the skin to drain fluid or an abscess.
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show | Incision (cut) into the tissue for removal of a small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination
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Integumentary System | show 🗑
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show | A test in which different substances are injected into the skin to test for allergic reactions.
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Kaposi's sarcoma | show 🗑
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Keloid | show 🗑
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Keratin | show 🗑
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Laser therapy | show 🗑
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show | An area of malignant (cancerous) tissue.
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Lipectomy | show 🗑
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show | A group of organic compounds that consist of fat, are greasy to the touch, and are insoluble. Lubricate the skin and minimize water loss.
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Lipocytes | show 🗑
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Liposuction | show 🗑
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show | The semilunar, white area at the proximal end of the nail.
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show | A small, flat, discolored lesion on the skin.
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Malignant melanoma | show 🗑
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show | Is responsible for the skin's pigmentation, or color. And helps protect skin against the harmful ultraviolent rays of the sun.
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Melanocytes | show 🗑
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Mohs surgery | show 🗑
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Mucous membrane | show 🗑
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show | The hard, translucent part of the nail. It is closely molded to the surface of the underlying tissue.
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Nail root | show 🗑
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show | Made of hard keratin. An accessory organ of the skin.
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show | Biopsy procedure in which a hollow needle is used to remove a core sample of tissue for microscopic examination.
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Nevus | show 🗑
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show | A solid skin elevation larger than one centimeter in diameter; may develop an epidermis, dermis, or subcutaneous layer.
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show | Given by the mouth. May be swallowed, chewed, or dissolved under the tongue,
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show | A solid skin elevation with distinct borders and a diameter of less than one centimeter; pimple
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Perspiration | show 🗑
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Petechia | show 🗑
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show | A small, mushroom-like growth, typically benign, that extends from the surface of a mucous membrane.
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show | A chronic disease marked by itchy, erythematous skin with silvery patches.
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Punch biopsy | show 🗑
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Purpura | show 🗑
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Pustule | show 🗑
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Rhytidectomy | show 🗑
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show | A contagious, parasitic infection of the skin with intense pruritus or itching.
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Sclerotherapy | show 🗑
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show | Skin test in which the forearm is scratched with tiny needles and a variety of substances are applied to the skin to identify allergies.
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show | Located in the dermal layer of the skin over the entire body, except for the palms and soles of feet.
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Sebum | show 🗑
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show | A chronic, inflammatory disease of collagen of the skin, joints, and internal organs. An autoimmune disease, one in which the body's immune system attacks healthy tissues.
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show | Skin burns in which the epidermis and dermis are destroyed; this type of burn produces severe hyperesthesia or anesthesia, depending on the degree of nerve damage.
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show | A skin infection caused by a fungus.
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show | Are applied directly to the area of concern and are intended to affect only that area.
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Transdermal drugs | show 🗑
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Ulcer | show 🗑
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show | Hives with localized swelling and itching.
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show | Veins that have a twisting appearance due to the loss of elasticity. May be deep or superficial. Called "spider veins."
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Vesicle | show 🗑
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Vitiligo | show 🗑
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Wart | show 🗑
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show | A smooth, slightly swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin, a characteristic of hives.
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