Chapter 11 Vocab

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MYOPiA

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a deffect in which light raise focus in front of the retina; also known as nearsightness.

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PEDRO

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EUSTACHiTiS

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iNFLAMMATiON OF THE EUSTACHiAN TUBE

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INFLAMMATION

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RADiAL KERATOTOMY

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A SURGiCAL PROCEDURE TO CORRECT MYOPiA.

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TO FIX PEDRO

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PRESBYOPiA

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CHANGES IN THE EYS THAT ARE COMMONLY ASSOCiATED WiTH AGiNG

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AGING OF EYES

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GLAUCOMA

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A GROUP OF EYE DiSEASES CHARACTERiZED BY iNCREASED iNTRAOCULAR PRESSURE THAT CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE OPTiC NERVE AND RETINAL NERVE FiBERS.

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PRESSURE THAT DAMAGES THE RETINAL NERVE

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CATARACT

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THE LOSS OF TRANSPERANCY OF THE LENS OF THE EYE

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TRANSPARENT EYE

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SCLERiTiS

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iNFLAMMATiON OF THE SCLERA OF THE EYE

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iTiS ON THE SCLERA OF THE EYE

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TiNNiTUS

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A RiNGiNG, BUZZING OR ROARiNG SOUND iN ONE OR BOTH EARS.

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SOUND IN EARS

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HYPEROPiA

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A VISiON DEFFECT iN WHiCH LiGHT RAiS FOCU BEYOND THE RETiNA; ALSO KNOWN AS FARSiGHTNESS.

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FARSIGHTNESS

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HORDEOLUM

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A PUS-FiLLED LESiON ON THE EYELiD RESULTiNG FROM AN iNFECTiON iN A SEBACEOUS GLAND; ALSO KNOWN AS A STYE.

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LESiON ON EYELiD

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IRiTiS

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iNFLAMMATiON OF THE iRiS

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iTiS ON iRIS

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OTiTiS MEDiA

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iNFLAMMATioN OF THE MiDDLE EAR

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MIDDLE EAR iTiS

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KERATiTiS

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iNFLAMMATiON OF THE CORNEA

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CORNEA iTiS

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OPTOMETRiST

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HOLDS A DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY DEGREE AND SPECiALIZES iN MEASURiNG THE ACCURACY OF VISION TO DETERMINE WHETHER CORRECTiVE LENSES ARE NEEDED.

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GiVES U GLASSES

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CONVERGENCE

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iS THE SiMULTANEOUS iNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE EYES TOWARD EACH OTHER IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN SINGLE BINOCULAR VISION AS AN OBJECT COMES NEAR.

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BiSCOS

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ViTiLiGO

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BELiEVED TO BE AN AUTOIMMUNE DiSORDER, IS CHARACTERIZED BY A LOSS OF MELANIN RESULTING IN WHITISH AREAS OF SKIN, USUALLY ON THE FACE AND HANDS. THiS CONDITiON iS MORE APPARENT iN PPL WiTH DARK SKiN.

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WHITISH AREAS OF SKIN

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ALOPECiA

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ALSO KNOWN AS BALDNESS, iS A PARTiAL OR COMPLETE LOSS OF HAiR, MOST COMMONLY ON THE SCALP.

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LOSS OF HAiR

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CARBUNCLE

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iS A CLUSTER OF CONNECTED FURUNCLES(BOILS).

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CONNECTED FURUNCLES

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TiNEA

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iS A FUNGAL INFECTION THAT CAN GROW ON THE SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS, THIS CONDITION IS ALSON KNOWN AS RINGWORM NOT BECAUSE A WORM IS INVOLVED, BUT BECAUSE AS THE FUNGUS GROWS IT SPREADS OUT IN A CIRCLE, LEAVING NORMAL-LOOKING SKIN IN THE MIDDLE.

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SKIN HAIR AND NAILS RINGWORM

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ECZEMA

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IS A FORM OF DERMATITIS THAT iS USUALLY ASSOSIATED WITH SEVERE ITCHING. IN THE EARLY STAGES OF ECZEMA, THE AFFECTED SKIN CAN BE RED, BLISTERING, OR OOZING. IN LATER STAGES, THE AFFECTED SKIN CAN BECOME SCALLY, BROWNISH, OR THICKENED.

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ITCHIN RED BLISTERING SKIN

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SCLERODERMA

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IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER IN WHICH THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES BECOME THICKENED AND HARDENED, CAUSING THE SKIN TO BECOME HARD AND SWOLLEN. THIS CONDITION MAY ALSO AFFECT THE JOINTS AND INTERNAL ORGANS.

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HARD AND THICK TISSUES ON THE SKIN

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SCABiES

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IS A SKIN INFECCTION CAUSED BY AN INFESTATION WITH THE ITCH MITE THAT PRODUCES DISTINCTIVE BROWN LINES AND AN ITCHY RASH.

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SKIN INFECTION WITH BROWN LINES

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DEBRiDEMENT

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IS A REMOVAL OF DiRT, FOREIGN OBJECTS, DAMAGED TISSUE, AND CELLULAR DEBRIS FROM A WOUND TO PREVENT INFECTION AND TO PROMOTE HEALING.

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DIRT REMOVAL TO PREVENT INFECTION

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DECUBITUS ULCER

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ALSO KNOWN AS PRESSURE ULCER OR BERSORE, IS AN ULCERATED AREA IN WHICH PROLONGED PRESSURE CAUSES TISSUE DEATH. WITHOUT PROPER CARE, OPEN SORES QUICKLY BECOME INFECTED. DECUBITUS MEANS LYING DOWN.

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PRESSURE ULCER

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ROSACEA

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IS A CHRONIC CONDITION OF UNKNOWN CAUSE THAT PRODUCES REDNESS, TINY PIMPLES, AND BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS. IT USUALLY OCCURS ON THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE FACE AND APPEARS MORE OFTEN IN PPL OVER 30.

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TINY PIMPLES AND BROKEN BOOD VESSELS

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CELLULiTiS

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IS AN ACCUTE, RAPIDLY SPREADING INFECTION WITHIN THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY MALAISE, SWELLING, WARMTH, AND RED STREAKS. MALAISE IS A FEELING OF GENERAL DISCONFORT OR UNEASYNESS THAT IS OFTEN THE FIRST INDICATION OF AN INFECTION OR OTHER DISEASE.

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RAPIDLY SPREADING INFECTION. MALAISE

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DERMATiTiS

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MEANS AN INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN. THIS CONDITION, WHICH TAKES MANY FORMS USUALLY INCLUDES REDNESS, SWELLING, AND ITCHING. COMPARE WITH DERMATOSIS.

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ITIS ON SKIN

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PSORIASIS

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IS A COMMON SKIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY FLAIR-UPS IN WHICH RED PAPULES COVERED WITH SILVERY SCALES OCCUR ON THE ELBOWS, KNEES, SCALP, BACK, OR BUTT.

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COMMON SKIN DISORDER

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PRURITUS

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ALSO KNOWN AS ITCHING, IS ASSOCIATED WITH MOST FARMS OF DERMATITIS.

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ITCHING

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ONYCHOMYCOSiS

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IS A FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE NAIL. DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF FUNGUS IS INVOLVED THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE THE NAILS TO TURN WHITE, YELLOW, GREEN, OR BLACK AND BECOME THICK OR BRITTLE.

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FUNGAL INFECTION THAT TURNS NAILS WHITE

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LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

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ALSO KNOWN AS SYSTEMATIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, IS AN AUTOIMMNUNE DISORDER THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A RED, SCALLY RASH ON THE FACE AND UPPER TRUNK.IN ADDITION TO THE SKIN, LE ALSO ATTACKS THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN OTHER BODY SYSTEM SPEACIALLY THE JOINTS.

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RED SCALLY RASH ON THE FACE DISORDER

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KELOID

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IS AN ABNORMALLY RAISED OR THICKENED SCAR THAT EXPANDS BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE INCISIONS. A TENDANCY TO FORM KELOIDS IS OFTEN INHERITED AND ITS MOST COMMON ON DARK PPL WITH PIGMENTED SKIN.

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A SCAR THAT EXPANS

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IMPETIGO

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IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY ISOLATED POSTULES THAT BECOME CRUSTED AND RUPTURE.

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SKIN INFECTION ISOLATED BY POSTULES

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HEMATOMA

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A SWELLING OF CLOTTED BLOOD TRAPPED IN THE TISSUES THAT IS USUALLY CAUSED BY AN INJURY. THE BODY EVENTUALLY RESORBS THIS BLOOD. A HEMATOMA IS OFTEN NAMED FOR THE AREA OF WHERE OCCURS.

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CLOTTED BLOOD

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FOLLICULLITIS

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IS AN INFLAMMATION OF THE HAIR FOLLICULES THAT IS ESPECIALLY, ON THE LIMPS AND IN THE BEARD AREA ON MEN. THIS CONDITION IS FREQUENTLY ASSICIATED WITH AIDS.

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FOLLICULES ITIS

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ICHTYOSIS

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IS A GROUP OF HEREDITARY DISORDERS THAT ARE CHARACTERIZED BY DRY THICKENED AND SCALLY SKIN. THESE CONDITIONS ARE CAUSED EITHER BY THE SLOWING OF THE SKIN'S NATURAL SHEDDING PROCESS OR BY A RAPID INCREASE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE SKIN'S CELLS.

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HEREDITARY SCALLTY SKIN

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PAPILLOMA

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IS A BENING, SUPERFICIAL WARTS LIKE GROWTH ON THE EPITHELIAL TISSUE OR ELSEWHERE IN THE BODY, SUCH AS IN THE BLADER.

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SUPERFICIAL WART

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RHYTIDECTOMY

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ALSO KNOWN AS A FACE LIFT, IS THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF EXCESS SKIN AND FAT FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WRINKLES.

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A FACE LIFT FOR WRINKLES

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URTICARIA

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ALSO KNOWN AS HIVES ARE WHEALS CAUSED BY AN ALLERGIC REACTION.

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HIVES BY AN ALLERGIC REACTION

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SEBORRHEA

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IS ANY OF SEVERAL COMMON SKIN CONDITIONS IN WHICH THERE IS AN OVERPODUCTION OF SEBUM .

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COMMON SKIN CONDITIONS

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CHLOASMA

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ALSO KNOWN AS MALASMA OR THE MASK OF PREGNANCY, IS A PIGMENTATION DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY BROWNISH SPOTS ON THE FACE.

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PANIO

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XERODERMA

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ALSO KNOWN AS XEROSIS, IS EXCESSIVELY DRY SKIN.

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DRY SKIN

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MACULE

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OR MACULA IS A DISCOLORED, FLAT SPOT THAT IS LESS THAN ONE CENTIMETER IN DIAMETER. FRECKLES OR FLAT MOLES ARE EXAMPLE OF MACULES.

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FRECKLES

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ASTIGMATISM

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IS A CONDITION IN WHICH THE EYE DOES NOT FOCUS PROPERLY BECAUSE OF THE UNEVEN CURVATURES OF THE CORNEA.

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BOBBYS EYES

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PEDICULOSIS

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IS AN INFESTATION WITH LICE.THE LICE EGGS, KNOWN AS KNITS MUST BE DESTRYED IN ORDER TO PREVENT INFESTATION. THERE ARE 3 TYPES, EACH ATTRACTED TO A SPECIFIC PART OF THE BODY, PEDICULOSES PUBIS PEPA, PEDICULOSIS CORPORES BODY, PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS HEAD.

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PIOJOS

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HIRSTUSIM

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IS THE PRECENSE OF EXCESSIVE BODILY AND FACIAL HAIR IN WOMEN, USUALLY OCCURING IN A MALE PATTERN. THIS CONDITION MAY BE HEREDETARY, OR CAUSED BY A HORMONAL INBALANCE.

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A LOT OF HAIR

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ADNEXA

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ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE EXTERNAL PROTECTION AND MOVEMENT FOR THE EYES.

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EXTERNAL PROTECTION AND MOVEMENT FOR THE EYES.

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MYRINGITIS

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IS AN INFLAMMATION OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.

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TYMPANIC MEMBRANE ITIS

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OTOSCLEROSIS

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IS THE ANKYLOSIS OF THE BONES OF THE MIDDLE EAR RESULTING IN A CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS. ANKYLOSIS MEANS FUSED TOGETHER. THIS CONDITION IS TREATED WITH A STAPEDECTOMY.

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HEARING LOSS.

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PSORIONOSIS

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IS A COMMON SKIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY FLARE-UPS IN WHICH RED PAPULES COVERED WITH SILVERY SCALES OCCURS ON THE ELBOWS, KNEES, SCALP, BACK, OR BUTT.

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RED SKIN DISORDER IN THE SKIN