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Chapter 3
Integumentary Skin terms
Term | Definition |
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abrasion | scraping away the skin |
alopecia | baldness |
albinism | lack of pigment in skin cause patient to look white |
albino | a person afflicted with albinism |
comedo | a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (black head or whitehead) |
cyanidrosis | blue sweat |
depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
dermatalgia 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 pigment in the skin |
hypohidrosis | diminished sweating |
hypomelanosis | diminished melanin in the skin |
hypopigmentation | diminished pigment in the skin |
luekoderma | white skin |
mascerate | to soften the skin |
onchophagia | eating or biting the nails |
pruritus | itching |
rhytidermia | wrinkled skin |
sebopoiesis | formation of oil |
seborrhea | discharge of oil |
trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair |
urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
xanthoderma | yellow skin |
xeroderma | dry skin |
xerosis | condition of dryness |