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Med Term Ch 2
Medical Terminology Chapter 2
Term | Definition |
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Sig | label; instruction to the patient |
SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
nevus | benign localized overgrowth of melanin-forming cells on the skin present at birth or appearing early in life that can be epidermal or vascular (mole) |
verruca | epidermal growth caused by a papilloma virus (wart) |
neoplasm | abnormal tissue that grows by more rapid than normal |
keloid | abnormal overgrowth of scar tissue that is thick and irregular |
kele | tumor |
cicatrix of skin | mark left by the healing of a sore or wound, showing the replacement of destroyed tissue by fibrous tissue |
cicatrix | scar |
ecchymosis | bruise, black and blue mark; a large purpura |
chymo | juice |
telangiectasia (spider angioma) | radiate from central arteriole; most often found on face, neck, or chest |
cherry angioma | round, bright red blood vessel tumor; often seen on trunk |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |
trich/o | hair |
skin | cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o |
fat | adip/o, lip/o, steat/o |
onych/o | nail |
hard | kerat/o, scler/o |
corne/o | horn, hard |
macule/macula, patch | examples of flat, nonpalpable changes in skin color |
papule, plaque, nodule, tumor, wheal | examples of elevated, palpable, solid mass |
vesicle, bulla, pustule | examples of Elevation formed by fluid within a cavity |
scale, crust | materials on skin surface |
erosion, ulcer, excoriation, fissure | loss of skin surface |
squam/o | scale |
myc/o | fungus |
hidr/o | sweat |