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85 Cards in this Set
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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
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skin
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dermat/o
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skin
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diaphor/o
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profuse sweating
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electr/o
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electricity
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erythr/o
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red
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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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-derma
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skin condition
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-opsy
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view of
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-tome
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instrument used to cut
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allo-
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other, different from usual
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xeno-
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strange, foreign
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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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pedicul/o
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lice
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phot/o
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light
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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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vesic/o
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bladder
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xer/o
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dry
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abrasion
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a scraping away of the skin surface by friction
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anhidrosis
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abnormal condition of no sweat
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comedo
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collection of hardened sebum in hair follicle, blackhead
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contusion
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injury caused by a blow to the body, skin is broken
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cyst
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fluid-filled sac under the skin
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diaphoresis
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profuse sweating
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ecchymosis
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a bruise
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eschar
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a thick layer of dead tissue and tissue fluid that develops over a deep burn area
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fissure
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crack-like lesion or groove on the skin
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hirsutism
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excessive hair growth over the body
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lesion
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a general term for a wound, injury, or abnormality
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macule
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flat, discolored area that is flush with the skin surface. freckle or birthmark
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nevus
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pigmented skin blemish, birthmark, or mole.
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nodule
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firm, solid mass of cells in the skin larger than .5 cm in diameter
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pallor
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abnormal paleness of the skin
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papule
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small, solid, circular raised spot on the surface of the skin less than .5 cm in diameter
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petechiae
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pinpoint purple or red spots from minute hemorrhages under the skin
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photosensitivity
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condition in which the skin reacts abnormally when exposed to light
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pruritus
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severe itching
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purpura
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hemorrhages into the skin due to fragile blood vessels
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purulent
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containing pus or an infection that is producing pus
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pustule
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raised spot on the skin containing pus
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suppurative
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containing or producing pus
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ulcer
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open sore or lesion in the skin or mucous membrane
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urticaria
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hives
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vesicle
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a blister, small, fluid filled raised spot on the skin
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wheal
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small, round, swollen area on the skin; typically seen in allergic skin reactions
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abscess
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a collection of pus in the skin
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cellulitis
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a diffuse, acute infection and inflammation of the connective tissue found in the skin
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cicatrix
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a scar
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decubitus ulcer
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open sore caused by pressure over a bony prominences cutting off the blood flow to the overlying skin. bedsore
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dry gangrene
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late stages of gangrene characterized by the affected area becoming dried, blackened, and shriveled; referred to as mummified
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eczema
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superficial dermatitis of unknown cause accompanied by redness, vesicles, itching and crusting
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gangrene
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tissue necrosis usually due to deficient blood supply
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impatigo
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a highly infectious bacterial infection of the skin with pustules that rupture and become crusted over
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Kaposi's sarcoma
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form of skin cancer frequently seen in AIDS patients
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keloid
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formation of a raised and thickened hypertrophic scar after an injury or surgery
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laceration
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a torn or jagged wound; incorrectly used to describe a cut
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psoriasis
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chronic inflammatory condition consisting of papules forming "silvery scale" patches with circular border
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rubella
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contagious viral skin infection commonly called German measles
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scabies
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contagious skin disease caused by an egglaying mite that burrows through the skin and causes redness and intense itching, often seen in children
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strawberry hemangioma
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congenital collection of dilated blood vessels causing a red birthmark
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tinea
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fungal skin disease resulting in itching, scaling lesions
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tinea capitis
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fungal infection of the scalp, commonly called ringworm
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tinea pedis
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athlete's foot
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varicella
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chickenpox
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verruca
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warts
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vitiligo
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disappearance of pigment from the skin in patches, causing a milk-white appearane
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wet gangrene
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an area of gangrene that becomes secondarily infected by pus-producing bacteria
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alopecia
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absence or loss of hair, baldness
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carbuncle
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furuncle involving several hair follicles
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