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Chapter 2
Term | Definition |
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derm/o | skin |
cicatrix | skin |
kele | tumor |
Myc/o | fungus |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |
steat/o | fat |
squam/o | scale |
hist/o | tissue |
leuk/o | white |
keloid | overgrowth of scar tissue |
verruca | epidermal growth |
plas/o | formation |
corne/o | horn, hard |
patch | flat discolored area on the skin |
wheal | area of localized skin edema |
pustule | a pus-filled sac |
fissure | linear crack In the skin |
vascular lessions | lesions of blood vessel |
dysplastic nevus | mole with precancerous changes |
first degree burn | burn involving only the epidermis, aka superficial |
second degree burn | burn involving the epidermis and the dermis |
third degree burn | burn that involves destruction of entire skin: epidermis |
rubella | acute and mild disease cause by rubella virus |
Rubeola | term used for measles |
gangrene | death of tissue associated with loss of blood supply |
keratosis | thickened areas of epidermis |
onychia | inflammation of the fingernail or toenail |
melanoma | malignant neoplasm composed of melanocytes |
paronychia | inflammation of the nail fold |