Ch.3 Phx,P, and C Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Abrasion | Scraping away of the skin |
| Albinism | Lack of pigment in the skin |
| Albino | A person afflicted with albinism |
| Alopecia | Baldness |
| Anhidrosis | Lack of sweating |
| Comedo | A hair follicle that is plugged with sebum |
| Cyanhidrosis | Blue sweat |
| Depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
| Dermatalgia and Dermatodynia | Skin pain |
| Dermatolysis | Loose skin |
| Erythema | Redness |
| Erythroderma | Red skin |
| Hemathidrosis | Sweating blood |
| Hidropoiesis | The formation of sweat |
| Hyperhidrosis | Excessive sweating |
| Hyperkerotosis | Excessive growth of horny skin |
| Hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in the skin |
| Hyperpigmentation | Excessive pigmentation in the skin |
| Hypohidrosis | Diminished sweating |
| Hypopigmentation | Diminished pigmentation in the skin |
| Hypomelanosis | Diminished melanin in skin |
| Leukoderma | White skin |
| macerate | To soften the skin |
| onychophagia | eating/biting nails |
| pruritus | an itch |
| rhytidermia | wrinkled skin |
| sebopiesis | formation of oil |
| seborrhea | Discharge of oil |
| Trichomegaly | abnormally thick air |
| urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| xanthoderma | yellow skin |
| xeroderma | dry skin |
| xerosis | condition of dryness |
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