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Ch.3 Phx,P, and C
Subjectives
Term | Definition |
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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 |