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86 Cards in this Set
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Adip/o
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Fat
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Albin/o
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White
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Bi/o
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Life
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Cry/o
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Cold
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Cutane/o
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Skin
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Cyan/o
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Blue
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Derm/o
Dermat/o |
Skin
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Diaphor/o
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Profuse sweating
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Hidr/o
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Sweat
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Ichthy/o
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Scaly, dry
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Kerat/o
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Hard, horny
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Leuk/o
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White
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Lip/o
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Fat
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Melan/o
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Black
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Myc/o
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Fungus
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Necr/o
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Death
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Onych/o
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Nail
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Pachy/o
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Thick
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Pil/o
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Hair
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Py/o
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Pus
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Rhytid/o
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Wrinkle
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Scler/o
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Hard
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Seb/o
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Oil
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Trich/o
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Hair
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Ungu/o
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Nail
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Xanth/o
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Yellow
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Xer/o
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Dry
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-derma
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Skin
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-opsy
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View of
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-plakia
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A plate
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-tome
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Instrument used to cut
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Abrasion
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Scraping of skin surface
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Abscess
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Collection of pus in skin
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Albino
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Genetic condition where melanin is not produced
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Alopecia
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Absence/loss of hair
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Cicatrix
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Scar
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Comedo
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Hardened sebum in hair follicle (blackhead)
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Contusion
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Injury due to blow, results in pain, swelling, bruising. No broken skin.
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Cyanosis
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Blue tint to skin due to deoxygenated blood.
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Cyst
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Fluid-filled sac under the skin
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Decubitus ulcer
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Bedsore
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Depigmentation
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Loss of normal skin color/pigment
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Diaphoresis
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Profuse sweating
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Ecchymosis
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Bruise
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Erythema
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Flusing of the skin
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Fissure
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Crack-like groove on the skin
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Hemangioma
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Benign tumor of dilated blood vessles
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Hirsutism
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Excessive body hair growth
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Hyperemia
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Redness of skin because of increased blood flow
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Keratosis
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Overgrowth/thickening of epidermis
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Macule
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Flat, discolored area (freckle)
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Nevus
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Pigmented congenital skin blemish (birthmark)
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Nodule
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Firm, solid mass of cells in skin
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Papule
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Small, solid, circular raised spot
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Pediculosis
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Infestation with lice
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Petechiae
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Pinpoint purple or red spots on the skin
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Polyp
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Small tumor with stem attachment
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Pruritus
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Severe itching
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Purpura
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Skin hemorrhage because of fragile blood vessels (often seen in the elderly)
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Purulent
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Continuous production of pus
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Pustule
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Raised spot filled with pus
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Scabies
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Skin disease caused by mite
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Suppurative
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Continuous production of pus
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Ulcer
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Open sore/lesion in skin or mucous membrane
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Urticaria
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Hives
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Verruca
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Warts (caused by virus)
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Vesicle
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Blister
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Vitiligo
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Disappearance of pigment from skin in patches
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Wheal
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Small, round, raised area on skin
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Carbuncle
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Furuncle involving several hair follicles
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Cellulitis
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Diffuse/acute infection/ inflammation of skin
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Furuncle
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Boil; bacterial infection of the hair follicle
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Gangrene
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Tissue necrosis usually due to deficient blood supply
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Ichthyosis
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Condition where skin is dry, scaly, and keratinized
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Impetigo
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Bacterial infection where pustules rupture and crust over
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Kaposi's sarcoma
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Skin cancer frequently seen in AIDS patients
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Leukoplakia
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Change in mucous membrane where white patches appear on tongue and cheek
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Onychia
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Infected nail bed
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Paronychia
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Infection around the nail bed
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Pemphigus vulgaris
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Skin condition which results in blisters
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Shingles
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Eruption of vesicles along the nerve path
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Tinea
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Fungal skin disease
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Tinea capitis
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Fungal infection of the scalp (ringworm)
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Tinea pedis
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Athlete's foot
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Varicella
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Viral; chicken pox
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Wet gangrene
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Infected area by pus-production bacteria
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