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Nurs 319
Skin & Burn Terminology
Question | Answer |
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Erythema | reddened skin |
Induration | hardening or thickening of the skin |
Atrophy | thinning and loss of skin layers |
Bulla | large blister |
telangiectasia | fine, irregular, red lines produced by dilation of the capillaries |
Pustule | papule filled with pus |
scale | fragment of dry skin |
scar | permanent replacement of normal skin with connective tissue |
ulcer | loss of epidermal and dermal tissue |
Lichenification | hardening or thickening of the skin with markings (trauma -scratching) |
Macule | defined flat area of altered pigmentation |
nodule | solid lump greater than 0.5 cm in diameter |
papule | raised, well defined lesion, less than 0.5 cm |
plaque | raised flat top lesion greater than 2 cm |
vesicle | blister (small) |
Wheals (urticaria) | transient pale, elevated papules with pink margins |