Chapter 7 Dermatology MT (All Terms)
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| show | other; strange
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| alopec/o- | show 🗑
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| angi/o- | show 🗑
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| aspir/o- | show 🗑
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| show | self
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| bas/o- | show 🗑
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| bi/o- | show 🗑
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| show | eyelid
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| show | cancer
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| cellul/o- | show 🗑
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| show | fibers that hold together
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| contus/o- | show 🗑
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| cortic/o- | show 🗑
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| cry/o- | show 🗑
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| show | skin
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| cut/i- | show 🗑
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| show | blue
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| show | skin
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| dermat/o- | show 🗑
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| derm/o- | show 🗑
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| desicc/o- | show 🗑
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| diaphore/o- | show 🗑
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| dynam/o- | show 🗑
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| show | blood in the tissues
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| elast/o- | show 🗑
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| show | electricity
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| erect/o- | show 🗑
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| show | activity; work
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| erythemat/o- | show 🗑
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| show | sensation; feeling
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| show | sensation; feeling
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| show | away from; external; outward
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| excis/o- | show 🗑
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| show | to take out skin
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| exud/o- | show 🗑
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| show | to bear
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| show | splitting
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| foli/o- | show 🗑
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| show | follicle (small sac)
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| show | spark of electricity
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| fung/o- | show 🗑
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| gangrene/o- | show 🗑
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| show | blood
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| hemat/o- | show 🗑
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| hidr/o- | show 🗑
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| show | hairy
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| show | jaundice
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| incis/o- | show 🗑
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| show | skin
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| integu/o- | show 🗑
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| kel/o- | show 🗑
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| show | "cornea (of the eye), hard, fibrous protein
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| lacer/o- | show 🗑
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| show | lipid (fat)
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| loc/o- | show 🗑
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| show | word; the study of
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| lun/o- | show 🗑
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| malign/o- | show 🗑
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| melan/o- | show 🗑
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| micr/o- | show 🗑
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| myc/o- | show 🗑
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| show | muscle
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| show | new
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| show | dead cells, tissue, or body
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| show | nest; focus
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| show | nail (fingernail or toenail)
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| show | elevated structure
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| pedicul/o- | show 🗑
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| pigment/o- | show 🗑
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| show | hair
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| show | light
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| show | guarding; protecting
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| show | growth; formation
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| show | itching
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| psor/o- | show 🗑
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| show | rod
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| rhin/o- | show 🗑
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| show | wrinkle
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| show | connective tissue
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| show | split
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| scler/o- | show 🗑
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| sebace/o- | show 🗑
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| show | sebum (oil)
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| sect/o- | show 🗑
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| sen/o- | show 🗑
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| sensitiv/o- | show 🗑
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| show | breathe; a coil
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| show | scale-like cell
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| show | to suck
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| sudor/i- | show 🗑
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| surg/o- | show 🗑
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| show | the body as a whole
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| show | cellular layer
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| topic/o- | show 🗑
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| show | hair
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| show | nail (fingernail or toenail)
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| vas/o- | show 🗑
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| vesic/o- | show 🗑
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| vesicul/o- | show 🗑
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| show | virus
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| xanth/o- | show 🗑
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| show | foreign
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| show | dry
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| -al, - ant, -ar, - ary, -ic, -ile | show 🗑
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| -ancy | show 🗑
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| show | composed of; pertaining to
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| -ation | show 🗑
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| show | waxy substance
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| -cle | show 🗑
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| show | thing that secretes
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| -cyte | show 🗑
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| show | condition of fingers or toes
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| show | skin
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| -ectomy | show 🗑
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| -elasma | show 🗑
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| -eon | show 🗑
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| show | activity; process of working
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| -ery | show 🗑
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| show | that which produces
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| show | tissue for implant or transplant
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| -ia | show 🗑
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| -iasis | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to a state or process
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| -in | show 🗑
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| -ion | show 🗑
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| -ism | show 🗑
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| show | one who specializes in
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| show | inflammation; infection of
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| show | state; condition
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| -ment | show 🗑
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| show | resembling
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| show | tumor; mass
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| -opsy | show 🗑
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| -ose | show 🗑
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| -osis | show 🗑
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| -ous | show 🗑
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| show | condition of guarding or protecting
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| -phyma | show 🗑
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| -plasm | show 🗑
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| show | process of reshaping by surgery
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| -rrhage | show 🗑
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| show | flow; discharge
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| -sis | show 🗑
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| -steroid | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to
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| show | instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges
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| show | small thing
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| show | a structure; period of time
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| -ure | show 🗑
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| show | without; not
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| ana- | show 🗑
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| anti- | show 🗑
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| show | reversal of; without
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| epi- | show 🗑
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| dys- | show 🗑
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| hyper- | show 🗑
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| show | below; deficient
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| intra- | show 🗑
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| show | beside
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| per- | show 🗑
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| show | many; much
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| pre- | show 🗑
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| sub- | show 🗑
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| show | together
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| show | across; through
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| Abrasion | show 🗑
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| Abscess | show 🗑
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| Acne rosacea | show 🗑
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| Acne vulgaris | show 🗑
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| show | Raised, rough areas that develop after chronic sun exposure.
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| show | Genetic mutation in whihc melanocytes do not produce melanin; results in a lack of coloration of the skin, hair, and eye.
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| Allergy skin testing | show 🗑
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| Alopecia | show 🗑
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| show | Improve blood flow to the scalp to increase hair growth; topically or orally.
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| show | Provide temporary numbness of the skin during prcedures that involve cutting or suturing.
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| show | Treat bacterial infections or acne vulgaris; may be topical or oral.
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| show | Treat fungal infections; may be topical or oral depending upon the fungus involved.
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| show | Treat itching associated with skin diseases; may be topical or oral.
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| Antiviral drugs | show 🗑
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| Anhidrosis | show 🗑
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| show | Begins in the basal epidermis; slow-growing cancer that appears as a raised, pearly bump.
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| show | Of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life.
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| Biopsy (Bx) | show 🗑
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| Blister | show 🗑
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| show | A drug which keeps muscles from contracting and wrinkling the skin.
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| Bulla (pl. bullae) | show 🗑
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| show | Caused by heat, hot objects, steam, boiling water, electricity, chemicals, and radiation. (Types of burns: superficial, partial thickness, full thickness.)
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| Callus | show 🗑
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| Cancer | show 🗑
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| Capitis | show 🗑
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| Carbuncle | show 🗑
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| Cellulitis | show 🗑
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| show | Fibrous tissue composed of collagen that forms as an injury heals.
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| show | The mask of pregnancy; dark hyperpigmented areas on the face.
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| Clubbing & cyanosis | show 🗑
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| Collagen injections | show 🗑
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| show | Treat psoriasis by slowing multiplication of epidermal cells; applied topically.
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| show | Blackhead, black sebum from oxidation when exposed to air.
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| Contact dermatitis | show 🗑
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| show | On the trunk of the body.
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| Corticosteroid drugs | show 🗑
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| Cruris | show 🗑
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| show | Treatment for unwanted fat deposits; cold device applied to the skin freezes fat cells and causes them to crystalize and die.
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| Cryosurgery | show 🗑
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| show | Growth of bacteria taken from a wound or lesion in a lab; colonies are used to make diagnosis and to determine the correct antiobiotic treatment.
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| show | A surgical instrument for removing dead tissue, growths, etc, from the walls of certain body cavities.
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| Curettage | show 🗑
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| show | A bluish-purple discoloration of the skin and nails.
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| Types of skin lesions: Cyst | show 🗑
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| show | Procedure in which necrotic tissue is debrided (removed) from a burn, wound, or ulcer.
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| show | Areas of dermis and epidermis sloughed off from constant pressure restricting blood to tissues. (ex. bedsore, pressure ulcer)
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| show | Any infection or inflammation of the skin. (dermat/o- = skin) (-itis = infection of, inflammation of)
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| show | Any type of plastic surgery to the skin; includes grafting, keloid removal, and facelift.
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| Dermis | show 🗑
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| show | Profuse sweating; may indicate a serious underlying condition like myocardial infarction, hyperthyroidism, or drug withdrawal.
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| Eczema | show 🗑
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| show | Excessive amounts of fluid move from the skin into the dermis or subcutaneous (subQ) tissue and cause swelling.
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| Electrosurgery | show 🗑
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| Epidermis | show 🗑
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| Epithelial tissue | show 🗑
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| Erythema | show 🗑
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| show | A thick crusty scar of necrotic tissue from a third-degree burn.
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| show | Superficial injury with a sharp object that creates a linear scratch on the skin.
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| Types of skin lesions: Fissure | show 🗑
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| Fistula | show 🗑
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| show | A shaft or opening on the surface of the skin through which hair grows.
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| Freckle | show 🗑
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| show | (also boil) Localized, elevated abscess around a hair follicle; the skin is inflamed and painful.
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| show | Necrosis with subsequent bacterial invasion and decay.
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| show | A cell, a group of cells, or an organ that produces a secretion for use in or for elimination from the body.
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| show | Healthcare-associated infection.
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| show | Mass of superficial, dilated blood vessels present at birth; usually disappears without treatment.
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| show | Injury to the blood vessels that releases blood into the skin.
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| Herpes | show 🗑
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| show | Skin infection caused by the herpes virus with clustered vesicles, erythema, edema and pain type 1 occurs on the lips and can recur during illness and stress (also cold sores).
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| show | Type 2 is sexually transmitted causing vesicles in genital area, also tend to recur during illness or stress (also genital herpes).
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| Herpes whitlow | show 🗑
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| show | Herpes that causes skin rash of chickenpox during childhood; remains dormant in body until activated later in life by illness or emotional stress.
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| show | Presence of excessive, dark hair on the forearms and upper lip of women; caused by hormone changes associated with a tumor of the adrenal cortex.
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| Histamine | show 🗑
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| show | Herpes simplex virus.
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| show | Needle inserted all the way into the subcutaneous tissue.
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| show | High levels of unconjugated bilirubin from the blood moves into tissues causing yellowing.
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| Incision and drainage (I&D) | show 🗑
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| show | Needle inserted just within the epidermis; used for tuberculosis and allergy testing.
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| Jaundice | show 🗑
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| Kaposi’s sarcoma | show 🗑
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| show | A firm abnormally large scar that grows larger than the original injury due to overproduction of collagen.
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| show | A disease of the skin marked by overgrowth of horny tissue.
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| Laceration | show 🗑
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| show | Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
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| Laser surgery | show 🗑
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| Lentigo | show 🗑
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| show | Any area of visible abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease. (derm: damage on skin or variation from normal skin.)
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| show | A vertical line on the skin of dark, hyperpigmented area from pregnancy.
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| Lipoma | show 🗑
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| Liposuction | show 🗑
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| show | A disorder characterized by skin inflammation.
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| Types of skin lesions: Macule | show 🗑
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| Malignant melanoma | show 🗑
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| show | The lesion is not symmetric; one side is different from the other.
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| show | The border edge of the lesion is irregular.
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| Malignant neoplasms of the skin: C for Color | show 🗑
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| Malignant neoplasms of the skin: D for Diameter | show 🗑
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| show | Procedure to remove skin cancer, particularly tumors with irregular shapes and depths.
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| Necrosis | show 🗑
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| show | Benign skin lesion that is present at birth and comes in a variety of colors and shapes.
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| show | Fungal infection of the nail; nail root is infected and the nail is deformed as it grows. (onycho/o- = fingernail, toenail) (myc/o- = fungus) (-osis = condition)
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| show | Unnatural paleness due to a lack of blood supply to the tissue
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| show | Soft, flesh-colored, benign growth that protrudes from the skin; grows as a flap or polyp on a stalk. Caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).
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| Types of skin lesions: Papule | show 🗑
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| show | Infestation of lice and their eggs (nits); can occur in the scalp, hair, eyelashes, and genital area.
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| Pedis | show 🗑
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| Petechia (pl. petechiae) | show 🗑
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| show | Treat skin cancer with a combination of a laser light and photosensitizing drug.
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| show | Ulcer in the skin caused by epidermal and dermal breakdown; associated with constant pressure on the skin that decreases blood flow over bony areas.
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| show | Itching.
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| show | A drug that sensitizes the skin to ultraviolet light therapy; damages cellular DNA; decreases cell division, and suppresses the immune system. Psoralen works with phototherapy to treat skin conditions.
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| show | Autoimmune disorder in which too many abnormal epidermal cells are produced; produces itch, silvery scales, and plaques.
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| Types of skin lesions: Pustule | show 🗑
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| show | A red or pink skin lesion that is flat or raised, itchy or not itchy.
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| RAST | show 🗑
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| Rhytidectomy | show 🗑
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| show | Infestation of parasitic mites that tunnel under the skin producing itchy vesicles.
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| Types of skin lesions: Scale | show 🗑
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| Scleroderma | show 🗑
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| Sebaceous glands | show 🗑
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| show | Overproduction of sebum at any time other than adolescence; results in alternating oily areas and dry, scaly skin.
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| show | Light to dark brown, flat macules that occur on the skin in areas exposed to the sun; also called age spots or liver spots.
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| Shingles | show 🗑
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| Sinus | show 🗑
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| Skin examination | show 🗑
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| show | Treatment to improve skin appearance; involves removal of part of the epidermis. (ex. chemical peel, dermabrasion, laser resurfacing, microdermabrasion)
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| Skin scraping | show 🗑
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| Skin grafting | show 🗑
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| Solar | show 🗑
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| show | Beings in the squamous epidermis; slow-growing red bump or ulcer.
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| Striae | show 🗑
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| show | A joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
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| show | Assist with body water content and temperature regulation. Excretes small amounts of metabolic wastes.
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| Syndactyly | show 🗑
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| Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) | show 🗑
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| Tinea | show 🗑
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| Drug Admin. - Topical | show 🗑
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| Drug Admin. - Transdermal | show 🗑
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| show | The normal state of turgidity and tension in living cells.
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| show | A skin scraping done to obtain fluid from a vesicle, especially used to diagnose herpes virus and shingles.
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| show | A break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus.
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| Ultherapy | show 🗑
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| show | Condition of raised areas of redness and edema that appear suddenly and may disappear rapidly.
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| Verruca (pl. verrucae) | show 🗑
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| show | A small, elevated, fluid filled, blister on the skin. Typically is red (erythema) with a transparent top. (ex. herpes, chickenpox, shingles)
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| show | Treat acne vulgaris and severe cystic acne; may be topical or oral.
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| Vitiligo | show 🗑
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| Wheal | show 🗑
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| Xeroderma (xerosis) | show 🗑
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| Xanthoma | show 🗑
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