Chapter 7 Dermatology MT (All Terms)
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| show | rays of the sun
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| show | fat
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| show | white
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| show | other; strange
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| show | bald
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| show | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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| show | to breathe in; to suck in
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| show | self
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| show | eyelid
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| show | cancer
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| show | fibers that hold together
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| show | bruising
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| show | cortex (outer region)
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| show | skin
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| show | skin
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| show | blue
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| show | skin
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| derm/o- | show 🗑
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| show | to dry up
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| show | power; movement
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| show | flexing; stretching
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| show | electricity
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| show | to stand up
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| show | activity; work
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| show | redness
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| esthes/o- | show 🗑
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| show | sensation; feeling
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| show | away from; external; outward
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| excis/o- | show 🗑
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| show | to take out skin
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| show | to bear
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| show | splitting
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| show | leaf
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| show | follicle (small sac)
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| show | gangrene
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| show | blood
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| show | blood
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| hidr/o- | show 🗑
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| show | hairy
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| show | jaundice
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| incis/o- | show 🗑
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| show | skin
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| show | to cover
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| show | tumor
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| show | "cornea (of the eye), hard, fibrous protein
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| show | a tearing
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| lip/o- | show 🗑
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| loc/o- | show 🗑
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| show | word; the study of
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| lun/o- | show 🗑
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| malign/o- | show 🗑
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| show | black
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| show | one millionth; small
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| show | new
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| show | nest; focus
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| show | elevated structure
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| show | lice
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| show | pigment
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| show | hair
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| phot/o- | show 🗑
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| show | growth; formation
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| show | wrinkle
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| show | connective tissue
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| show | split
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| show | hard; sclera (white of the eye)
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| show | sebum (oil)
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| seb/o- | show 🗑
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| show | to cut
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| sen/o- | show 🗑
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| show | affected by; sensitive to
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| spir/o- | show 🗑
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| show | scale-like cell
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| show | to suck
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| show | sweat
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| show | operative procedure
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| system/o- | show 🗑
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| show | cellular layer
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| show | a specific area
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| show | nail (fingernail or toenail)
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| show | blood vessel; vas deferens
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| show | bladder; fluid-filled sac
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| show | virus
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| show | foreign
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| show | dry
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| show | a process; being or having
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| show | cell
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| show | skin
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| show | surgical excision
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| -elasma | show 🗑
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| show | one who performs
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| show | activity; process of working
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| show | condition; state; thing
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| show | state of; process of
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| show | inflammation; infection of
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| -ity | show 🗑
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| show | action; state
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| -oid | show 🗑
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| show | tumor; mass
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| show | full of
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| show | condition; abnormal condition; process
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| show | growth; formed substance
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| -plasty | show 🗑
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| show | excessive flow or discharge
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| -rrhea | show 🗑
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| show | process; condition; abnormal condition
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| show | steroid
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| -tic | show 🗑
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| show | instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges
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| show | system; result of
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| show | without; not
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| show | apart from; excessive
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| epi- | show 🗑
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| show | painful; difficult abnormal
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| ex- | show 🗑
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| show | outside of
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| show | above; more than normal
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| hypo- | show 🗑
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| show | within
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| show | beside
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| show | through; throughout
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| show | many; much
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| pre- | show 🗑
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| show | below; underneath; less than
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| syn- | show 🗑
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| show | across; through
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| Abrasion | show 🗑
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| show | Localized, pus-containing pocket caused by a bacterial infection.
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| Acne rosacea | show 🗑
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| show | Overproduction of sebum of face shoulders and back during puberty.
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| show | Raised, rough areas that develop after chronic sun exposure.
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| Albinism | show 🗑
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| show | Intradermal injection or scratch of liquid allergen; formation of a wheal in response to the allergen is indicative of allergy.
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| Alopecia | show 🗑
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| Alopecia drugs | show 🗑
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| show | Provide temporary numbness of the skin during prcedures that involve cutting or suturing.
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| show | Treat bacterial infections or acne vulgaris; may be topical or oral.
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| Antifungal drugs | show 🗑
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| show | Treat itching associated with skin diseases; may be topical or oral.
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| Antiviral drugs | show 🗑
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| Anhidrosis | show 🗑
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| show | Begins in the basal epidermis; slow-growing cancer that appears as a raised, pearly bump.
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| Benign | show 🗑
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| Biopsy (Bx) | show 🗑
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| show | A fluid-filled sac between the epidermis and dermis from repetitive rubbing injury.
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| show | A drug which keeps muscles from contracting and wrinkling the skin.
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| Bulla (pl. bullae) | show 🗑
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| show | Caused by heat, hot objects, steam, boiling water, electricity, chemicals, and radiation. (Types of burns: superficial, partial thickness, full thickness.)
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| show | Repetitive rubbing injury that causes the epidermis to thicken into a wide, elevated pad.
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| show | A malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis.
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| Carbuncle | show 🗑
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| Cellulitis | show 🗑
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| show | Fibrous tissue composed of collagen that forms as an injury heals.
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| Chloasma (Melasma) | show 🗑
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| Clubbing & cyanosis | show 🗑
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| show | Treatment for wrinkles or acne scars; liquid collagen solution plumps up skin to decrease the depth of the wrinkle or scar.
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| show | Treat psoriasis by slowing multiplication of epidermal cells; applied topically.
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| Comedo (pl. comedones) | show 🗑
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| Contact dermatitis | show 🗑
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| show | On the trunk of the body.
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| Cruris | show 🗑
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| Cryolipolysis | show 🗑
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| Cryosurgery | show 🗑
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| show | Growth of bacteria taken from a wound or lesion in a lab; colonies are used to make diagnosis and to determine the correct antiobiotic treatment.
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| show | A surgical instrument for removing dead tissue, growths, etc, from the walls of certain body cavities.
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| show | A surgical scraping or cleaning by means of a curette; also a procedure that uses a curette to scrape off a superficial skin lesion.
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| show | A bluish-purple discoloration of the skin and nails.
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| Types of skin lesions: Cyst | show 🗑
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| show | Procedure in which necrotic tissue is debrided (removed) from a burn, wound, or ulcer.
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| show | Areas of dermis and epidermis sloughed off from constant pressure restricting blood to tissues. (ex. bedsore, pressure ulcer)
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| show | Any infection or inflammation of the skin. (dermat/o- = skin) (-itis = infection of, inflammation of)
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| show | Any type of plastic surgery to the skin; includes grafting, keloid removal, and facelift.
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| show | A thicker layer beneath the epidermis.
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| Edema | show 🗑
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| show | Treatment for benign or small malignant lesions; electricity evaporates cellular contents and kills cells. (ex. fulguration, electrodesiccation, electrosection)
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| Epidermis | show 🗑
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| show | Forms protective covering for internal and external surfaces of the body.
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| show | Reddish discoloration of the skin.
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| show | A thick crusty scar of necrotic tissue from a third-degree burn.
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| Excoriation | show 🗑
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| Fistula | show 🗑
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| Follicle | show 🗑
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| Freckle | show 🗑
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| show | (also boil) Localized, elevated abscess around a hair follicle; the skin is inflamed and painful.
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| show | Necrosis with subsequent bacterial invasion and decay.
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| show | A cell, a group of cells, or an organ that produces a secretion for use in or for elimination from the body.
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| HAI | show 🗑
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| show | Mass of superficial, dilated blood vessels present at birth; usually disappears without treatment.
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| show | Injury to the blood vessels that releases blood into the skin.
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| Herpes | show 🗑
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| show | Skin infection caused by the herpes virus with clustered vesicles, erythema, edema and pain type 1 occurs on the lips and can recur during illness and stress (also cold sores).
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| Herpes whitlow | show 🗑
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| show | Herpes that causes skin rash of chickenpox during childhood; remains dormant in body until activated later in life by illness or emotional stress.
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| show | Presence of excessive, dark hair on the forearms and upper lip of women; caused by hormone changes associated with a tumor of the adrenal cortex.
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| show | An organic compound is released as part of the body's immune response, causing physiological changes including dilation of the blood vessels, contraction of smooth muscle (as in the airways), and increased gastric acid secretion. Can cause allergies.
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| HSV | show 🗑
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| show | Needle inserted all the way into the subcutaneous tissue.
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| Icterus | show 🗑
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| show | Treatment to drain fluid; an incision is made and fluid is expressed or drained.
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| show | Yellowish discoloration of the skin, mucous membranes and whites of the eyes.
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| show | Skin cancer that begins in connective tissue or lymph nodes. Affects skin, subQ, mucous membranes, and internal organs; elevated irregular, dark reddish-blue masses on the skin.
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| Keloid | show 🗑
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| show | A disease of the skin marked by overgrowth of horny tissue.
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| Laser | show 🗑
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| show | Treatment for mark removal; laser wavelengths react to color and break it up.
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| Lentigo | show 🗑
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| show | Any area of visible abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease. (derm: damage on skin or variation from normal skin.)
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| show | A vertical line on the skin of dark, hyperpigmented area from pregnancy.
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| show | Rounded growth of adipose tissue in the skin. A benign tumor made of fat cells.
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| show | Removal of excessive fat deposits by suctioning out subcutaneous tissue.
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| Lupus erythematosus | show 🗑
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| Types of skin lesions: Macule | show 🗑
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| show | Begins in melanocytes; fast-growing and spreading cancer.
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| show | The color varies from black to brown to red in the same lesion.
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| show | The diameter is greater than 6 millimeters, or 1/4 of an inch.
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| Mohs’ surgery | show 🗑
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| show | Gray to black discoloration of skin due to skin death from a burn, ulcer, wound , or poor blood supply.
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| Nevus (pl. nevi) | show 🗑
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| Onychomycosis | show 🗑
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| show | Unnatural paleness due to a lack of blood supply to the tissue
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| Papilloma | show 🗑
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| Types of skin lesions: Papule | show 🗑
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| show | Infestation of lice and their eggs (nits); can occur in the scalp, hair, eyelashes, and genital area.
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| Pedis | show 🗑
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| Petechia (pl. petechiae) | show 🗑
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| show | Treat skin cancer with a combination of a laser light and photosensitizing drug.
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| Pressure injury | show 🗑
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| Pruritis | show 🗑
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| Psoralen | show 🗑
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| show | Autoimmune disorder in which too many abnormal epidermal cells are produced; produces itch, silvery scales, and plaques.
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| Types of skin lesions: Pustule | show 🗑
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| show | A red or pink skin lesion that is flat or raised, itchy or not itchy.
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| RAST | show 🗑
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| show | Removal of wrinkles to tighten loose skin on the face; may be accompanied by blepharoplasty. (rhytid/o- = wrinkle) (-ectomy = surgical removal)
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| show | Infestation of parasitic mites that tunnel under the skin producing itchy vesicles.
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| Types of skin lesions: Scale | show 🗑
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| Scleroderma | show 🗑
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| show | Glands that secrete sebum that lubricates skin and discourages growth of bacteria on skin.
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| Seborrhea | show 🗑
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| Senile lentigo | show 🗑
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| show | Herpes varicella-zoster becoming activated after chickenpox by illness or stress; causes painful vesicles and crusts along a dermatome.
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| show | Any of various cavities, recesses, or passages.
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| Skin examination | show 🗑
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| Skin resurfacing | show 🗑
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| show | Scraping of cells from a lesion done with the edge of a scalpel; cells are examined under a microscope to diagnose tinea.
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| Skin grafting | show 🗑
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| show | Of or pertaining to the sun.
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| show | Beings in the squamous epidermis; slow-growing red bump or ulcer.
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| show | Stretch marks on the skin of the abdomen and buttocks from small tears in the dermis.
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| show | Assist with body water content and temperature regulation. Excretes small amounts of metabolic wastes.
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| show | Condition in which the skin and tissues between the toes or fingers are joined. (syn- = together) ( -dactyly = condition of fingers or toes)
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| show | Autoimmune disorder in which collagen in the skin and connective tissues deteriorates; characterized by butterfly rash on nose and cheeks.
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| show | Applied directly to the skin; has a local effect.
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| show | Patches that are placed on the skin; drug is absorbed through the skin and transported through the blood to exert a systemic effect.
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| Tzanck test | show 🗑
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| Ulcer | show 🗑
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| show | Treatment for wrinkles on the face and neck; ultrasound waves stimulate production of new collagen.
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| show | Condition of raised areas of redness and edema that appear suddenly and may disappear rapidly.
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| show | (wart) Irregular, rough skin lesion caused by human papillomavirus (HPV); usually on hand, fingers or foot.
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| show | A small, elevated, fluid filled, blister on the skin. Typically is red (erythema) with a transparent top. (ex. herpes, chickenpox, shingles)
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| show | Treat acne vulgaris and severe cystic acne; may be topical or oral.
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| show | A progressive skin disorder that is a form of leukoderma caused by the localized or generalized destruction of melanocytes and marked by sharply circumscribed white spots of skin.
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| show | A raised, itchy (pruritic) area of skin that is sometimes an overt sign of allergy. Wheals typically contain a clear fluid. A symptom of hives. (ex. insect bites, urticaria)
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| show | A skin condition in which certain fats build up under the surface of the skin. Xanthomas are raised, waxy-appearing, frequently yellowish-colored skin lesions.
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