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187 Cards in this Set
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CUT/O |
SKIN |
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CUTANE/O |
SKIN |
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TRICH/O |
HAIR |
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PIL/O |
HAIR |
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ONYCH/O |
NAIL |
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UNGU/O |
NAIL |
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SEB/O |
OIL, SEBUM |
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SEBAC/O |
OIL, SEBUM |
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HIDR/O |
SWEAT |
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SUDOR/I |
SWEAT |
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SQUAM/O |
SCALY |
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KERAT/O |
HARD, HORNY |
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MELAN/O |
BLACK, DARK |
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-FEROUS |
PERTAINING TO CARRYING |
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-IUM |
STRUCTURE |
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LUNULA |
MOON-LIKE WHITE AREA AT THE BASE OF THE NAIL |
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ADEN/O |
GLAND |
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HIDRADEN/O |
SWEAT GLAND |
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CYST |
NODULE FILLED WITH A SEMI-SOLID MATERIAL |
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ECCHYMOSIS |
HEMORRHAGE OR LEAKING OF BLOOD INTO THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE - COMMONLY CALLED A BRUISE |
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EXTRAVASATION |
LEAKING |
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HEMATOMA |
COLLECTION OF LEAKING BLOOD TRAPPED IN THE TISSUES AND PALPABLE TO THE EXAMINER |
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MACULE |
FLAT BLEMISH OR DISCOLORATION LESS THAN 1 CM, SUCH AS A FRECKLE |
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NODULE |
PALPABLE, SOLID LESION LESS THAN 2 CM |
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PAPULE |
RAISED SOLID SKIN LESION RAISED LESS THAN 1 CM, SUCH AS A PIMPLE |
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PATCH |
LARGE, FLAT, NONPALPABLE MACULE LARGER THAN 1 CM |
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PLAQUE |
RAISED PLATEAU-LIKE PAPULE GREATER THAN 1 CM, SUCH AS PSORIATIC LESION |
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PURPURA |
MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE INTO THE TISSUE UNDER THE SKIN |
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PUSTULE |
SUPERFICIAL, ELEVATED LESION CONTAINING PUS THAT MAY BE THE RESULT OF AN INFECTION, SUCH AS ACNE |
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TELANGIECTASIA |
PERMANENT DILATION OF GROUPS OF SUPERFICIAL CAPILLARIES AND VENULES |
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TEL/E |
FAR |
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-ECTASIA |
DILATION |
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TUMOR |
NODULE MORE THAN 2 CM, ANY MASS OR SWELLING, INCLUDING NEOPLASMS |
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VESICLE |
CIRCUMSCRIBED, ELEVATED LESION CONTAINING FLUID AND SMALLER THAN 1/2 CM, SUCH AS AN INSECT BITE |
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BULLA/BLISTER |
CIRCUMSCRIBED, ELEVATED LESION CONTAINING FLUID AND GREATER THAN 1/2 CM |
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WHEAL |
CIRCUMSCRIBED, ELEVATED PAPULE CAUSED BU LOCALIZED EDEMA WHICH CAN RESULT FROM A BUG BITE |
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ATROPHY |
PAPER-THIN, WASTEDSKIN OFTEN OCCURRING IN THE AGED OR AS STRETCH MARKS FROM RAPID WEIGHT GAIN |
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CICATRIX |
SCAR - AN AREA OF FIBROUS TISSUE THAT REPLACES NORMAL SKIN AFTER DESTRUCTION OF SOME OF THE DERMIS |
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ESCHAR |
SCAB - DRIED SERUM, BLOOD AND/OR PUS |
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FISSURE |
CRACK-LIKE LESION OF THE SKIN |
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KELOID |
TYPE OF SCAR THAT IS AN OVERGROWTH OF TISSUE A THE SITE OF THE INJURY IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT OF TISSUE NECESSARY TO REPAIR THE WOUND - PARTIALLY DUE TO AN ACCUMULATION OF COLLAGEN AT THE SITE |
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ULCER |
CIRCUMCISED CRATER-LIKE LESION OF THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE RESULTING FROM NECROSIS THAT CAN ACCOMPANY AN INFLAMMATORY, INFECTIOUS OR MALIGNANT PROCESS |
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ATOPIC DERMATITIS |
CHRONIC, PRURITIC SUPERFICIAL INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF ALLERGIC DISORDERS |
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CELLULITIS |
DIFFUSE, SPREADING, ACUTE INFLAMMATION WITHIN SOLID TISSUES |
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CONTACT DERMATITIS |
IRRITATED OR ALLERGIC RESPONSE OF THE SKIN THAT CAN LEAD TO AN ACUTE OR CHRONIC INFLAMMATION |
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ECZEMA/DERMATITS |
SUPERFICIAL INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN, CHARACTERIZED BY VESICLES, WEEPING AND PRURITUS |
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FOLLICULITIS |
INFLAMMATION OF THE HAIR FOLLICLES WHICH MAY BE SUPERFICIAL OR DEEP, AND ACUTE OR CHRONIC |
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FURUNCLE |
LOCALIZED, SUPPURATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION ORIGINATING IN A GLAND OR HAIR FOLLICLE AND CHARACTERIZED BY PAIN, REDNESS AND SWELLING |
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CARBUNCLE |
TWO OR MORE FURUNCLES CONNECTED BY SUBCUTANEOUS POCKETS |
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IMPETIGO |
SUPERFICIAL VESICULOPUSTULAR SKIN INFECTION, NORMALLY SEEN IN CHILDREN |
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PILONIDAL CYST |
GROWTH OF HAIR IN A CYST IN THE SACRAL REGION |
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NID/O |
NEST |
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PRURITUS |
ITCHING |
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SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS |
INFLAMMATORY SCALING DISEASE OF THE SCALP AND FACE |
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CRADLE CAP |
SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS IN NEWBORNS |
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-RRHEIC |
PERTAINING TO DISCHARGE |
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CANDIDIASIS |
YEAST INFECTION IN MOIST, OCCLUDED AREAS OF THE SKIN |
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MONILIASIS |
YEAST INFECTION IN MOIST, OCCLUDED AREAS OF THE SKIN |
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DERMATOMYCOSIS |
FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN |
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DERMATOPHYTOSIS |
FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN |
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TINEA CAPITIS |
FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE SCALP, RINGWORM OF THE SCALP |
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MYC/O |
FUNGUS |
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CAPIT/O |
HEAD |
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CORPOR/O |
BODY |
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TINEA CORPORIS |
RINGWORM OF THE BODY, MANIFESTED BY PINK TO RED PAPULOSQUAMOUS ANNULAR PLAQUES WITH RAISED BORDERS |
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TINEA CRURIS |
JOCK-ITCH. FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE EXTERNAL GENITALIA AND UPPER LEGS IN MALES |
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TINEA PEDIS |
ATHLETE'S FOOT. FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE FOOT |
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PEDICULOSIS |
PARASITIC INFESTATION WITH LICE INVOLVING THE HEAD, BODY OR GENITAL AREA |
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PEDICUL/I |
LICE |
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SCABIES |
PARASITIC INFECTION CAUSED BY MITES, CHARACTERIZED BY PRURITIC PAPULAR RASH |
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EXANTHEMATOUS DISEASE |
GENERALLY, VIRAL DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY A SPECIFIC TYPE OF RASH - MAINLY; MEASLES, RUBELLA, FIFTH DISEASE, ROSEOLA AND CHICKENPOX |
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EXANTHEMAT/O |
RASH |
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HERPES SIMPLEX VIRIS (HSV) |
VIRAL INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY CLUSTERS OF SMALL VESICLES FILLED WITH CLEAR FLUID ON RAISED INFLAMMATORY BASES ONT HE SKIN OR MUCOSA. |
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HSV-1 |
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS THAT CAUSES FEVER BLISTERS AND KERATITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE CORNEA) |
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HSV-2 |
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS THAT CAUSES GENITAL HERPES |
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HERPES ZOSTER (SHINGLES) |
ACUTE, PAINFUL RASH CAUSED BY REACTIVATION OF THE LATENT VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS |
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VERRUCA (WARTS) |
COMMON, CONTAGIOUS EPITHELIAL GROWTHS USUALLY APPEARING ON THE SKIN OF THE HANDS, FEET, LEGS AND FACE. CAUSED BY ANY OF THE HPV TYPES |
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HPV |
HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS, OVER 60 TYPES |
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COMEDONES |
PLUGS OF SEBUM THAT PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY BLOCK A PORE |
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BLACKHEAD |
OPEN COMEDONE |
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WHITEHEAD |
CLOSED COMEDONE |
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ALOPECIA |
HAIR LOSS |
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HYPERTRICHOSIS (HIRSUTISM) |
ABNORMAL EXCESS OF HAIR |
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KERATINOUS/SEBACEOUS CYST |
BENIGN CAVITY LINED BU KERATINIZING EPITHELIUM AND FILLED WITH SEBUM AND EPITHELIAL DEBRIS |
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MILIA |
TINY SUPERFICIAL KERATINOUS CYSTS CAUSED BY CLOGGED OIL DUCTS |
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PSORIASIS |
COMMON CHRONIC SKIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY CIRCUMCRIBED, SALMON-RED PATCHES COVERED BY THICK, DRY, SILVERY SCALES THAT ARE THE RESULT OF EXCESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF EPITHELIAL CELLS |
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CALLUS |
COMMON PAINLESS THICKENING OF THE STRATUM CORNEUM AT LOCATIONS OF EXTERNAL PRESSURE OR FRICTION |
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CORN (CLAVUS) |
HORNY MASS OF CONDENSED EPITHELIAL CELLS OVERLYING A BONY PROMINENCE AS THE RESULT OF PRESSURE OR FRICTION |
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DECUBITUS ULCER |
BEDSORE, PRESSURE ULCER - INFLAMMATION, ULCER OR SORE IN THE SKIN OVER A BODY PROMINENCE. GRADED BY SEVERITY, STAGE 4 BEING THE WORST AND INVOLVING MUSCLE, FAT AND BONE |
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ICHTHYOSIS |
CATEGORY OF DRY SKIN THAT HAS THE SCALY APPEARANCE OF A FISH |
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ICHTHY/O |
FISH |
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XERODERMA |
MILD FORM OF ICHTHYOSIS |
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ALBINISM |
COMPLETE LACK OF MELANIN PRODUCTION BY MELANOCYTES |
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ALBIN/O |
WHITE |
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DYSCHROMIA |
ABNORMALITY OF SKIN PIGMENTATION |
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CHROM/O |
COLOR |
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VITILIGO |
BENIGN ACQUIRED DISEASE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN CONSISTING OF IRREGULAR PATCHES OF VARIOUS SIZES LACKING IN PIGMENT |
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ANHIDROSIS |
A CONDITION IN WHICH A PERSON PRODUCES LITTLE OR NO SWEAT |
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HIDRADENITIS |
INFLAMMATION OF THE SWEAT GLANDS |
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HYPERHIDROSIS |
EXCESSIVE PERSPIRATION CAUSED BY HEAT, STRONG EMOTION, MENOPAUSE HYPERTHYROIDISM OR INFECTION |
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MILIARIA |
MINUTE VESICLES AND PAPULES, OFTEN WITH SURROUNDING ERYTHEMA CAUSED BY OCCLUSION OF SWEAT DUCTS DURING TIMES OF EXPOSURE TO HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY |
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ERYTHEMA |
REDNESS |
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ONYCHIA/ONYCHITIS |
INFLAMMATION OF THE FINGERNAIL |
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ONYCHOCRYPTOSIS |
INGROWN NAIL |
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CRYPT- |
HIDDEN |
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ONYCHOMALACIA |
SOFTENING OF THE NAILS |
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ONCHYOLYSIS |
SEPARATION OF THE NAIL PLATE FROM THE NAIL BED |
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-LYSIS |
LOOSENING |
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ONYCHOMYCOSIS |
ABNORMAL CONDITION OF NAIL FUNGUS |
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PARONYCHIA |
INFECTION OF THE SKIN BESIDE THE NAIL |
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SUPERFICIAL BURNS |
FIRST DEGREE BURN - ONLY THE FIRST LAYER OF SKIN (EPIDERMIS) IS DAMAGED |
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PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN |
SECOND DEGREE BURN - ONLY THE FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS OF SKIN (EPIDERMIS AND PART OF DERMIS) IS DAMAGED |
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SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN |
SECOND DEGREE BURN EXTENDING TO THE PAPILLARY LEVEL OF THE DERMIS |
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DEEP PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN |
SECOND DEGREE BURN EXTENDING TO THE RETICULAR LAYER OF THE DERMIS |
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FULL THICKNESS BURN |
THIRD DEGREE BURN - ALL LAYERS OF SKIN (EPIDERMIS, DERMIS AND SUBCUTANEOUS) ARE DAMAGED, NERVE ENDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED |
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DEEP FULL THICKNESS BURN |
FOURTH DEGREE BURN - THIRD DEGREE BURN THAT EXTENDS INTO THE MUSCLE AND BONE |
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ANGIOMA |
LOCALIZED VASCULAR LESION THAT INCLUDES HEMANGIOMAS, VASCULAR NEVI AND LYMPHANGIOMAS |
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DERMATOFIBROMA |
FIBROUS TUMOR OF THE SKIN THAT IS PAINLESS, ROUND, FIRM AND USUALLY FOUND ON THE EXTREMITIES |
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DYSPLASTIC NEVUS |
MOLE OR BIRTHMARK |
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NEV/O |
BORTHMARK |
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ABNORMAL CHANGES IN SKIN BLEMISH THAT COULD BE A CONCERN FOR MALIGNANCY |
ASYMMETRICAL BORDERS ARE IRREGULAR COLOR CHANGE, UNEVEN PIGMENTATION DIAMETER INCREASE > 6 MM ELEVATED |
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LIPOMA |
FATTY TUMOR THAT IS A SOFT, MOVABLE AND SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE |
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SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS |
BENIGN, CIRCUMSCRIBED, PIGMENTED, SUPERFICIAL WARTY SKIN LESION |
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ACTINIC KERATOSIS |
BENIGN, CIRCUMSCRIBED, PIGMENTED, SUPERFICIAL WARTY SKIN LESION CASED BY SUN EXPOSURE |
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ACROCHORDONS |
SKIN TAGS |
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BASAL CELL CARCINOMA (BCC) |
THE MOST COMMON FORM OF SKIN CANCER, IT ORIGINATES IN THE BASAL LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS. USUALLY OCCURS ON THE FACE AS A RESULT OF SUN EXPOSURE AND REARE METASTASIZES |
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KAPOSI SARCOMA |
A RARE FORM OF SKIN CANCER THAT TAKES THE FORM OR RED/BLUE/BROWN/PURPLE NODULES, USUALLY ONT HE EXTREMITIES. ONE FORM MOST OFTEN APPEARS IN PATIENTS WITH DEFICIENT IMMUNE SYSTEMS |
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-CARCINOMA |
CANCER OF EPITHELIAL ORIGIN |
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MALIGNANT MELANOMA |
CANCEROUS TUMOR ARISING FROM MUTATED MELANOCYTES - LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FROM ALL SKIN DISEASES |
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SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (SCC) |
SECOND MOST COMMON TYPE OF SKIN CANCER ALSO CAUSED BY SUN EXPOSURE BUT DEVELOPING FROM SQUAMOUS CELLS |
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EXCISIONAL BIOPSY |
BIOPSY IN WHICH THE ENTIRE TUMOR MAY BE REMOVED WITH BORDERS AS A MEANS OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT |
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EXFOLIATION |
SCRAPING OR SHAVING OFF SAMPLES OF FRIABLE LESIONS FOR A LAB EXAMINATION |
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FRIABLE |
EASILY CRUSHED |
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INCISIONAL BIOPSY |
BIOPSY IN WHICH LARGER TISSUE SAMPLES MAY BE OBTAINED BU EXCISING A WEDGE OF TISSUE AND SUTURING THE INCISION |
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NEEDLE ASPIRATION |
ASPIRATION OF FLUID FROM LESIONS TO OBTAIN SAMPLES FOR CULTURE AND EXAMINATION |
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SWEAT TEST |
LAB TEST FOR ABNORMALLY HIGH LEVELS OF SODIUM AND CHLORIDE PRESENT IN PERSPIRATION OF PERSONS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
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TZANCK TEST |
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF LESIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIAGNOSING HERPES ZOSTER AND HERPES SIMPLEX |
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ALLOGRAFT |
HARVEST OF SKIN FROM ANOTHER HUMAN DONOR FOR TEMPORARY TRANSPLANT UNTIL AN AUTOGRAFT IS AVAILABLE |
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ALL/O |
OTHER |
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AUTOGRAFT |
HARVEST OF THE PATIENT'S OWN SKIN FOR TRANSPLANT |
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DERMATOME |
INSTRUMENT USED TO REMOVE SPLIT SKIN GRAFTS |
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FLAP |
SECTION OF SKIN TRANSFERRED FROM ONE LOCATION TO AN IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ONE |
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OCCLUSIVE THERAPY |
USE OF A NONPOROUS OCCLUSIVE DRESSING TO COVER A TREATED AREA TO ENHANCE THE ABSORPTION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF A MEDICATION |
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OCCLUS/O |
TO CLOSE |
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PSORALEN PLUS ULTRAVIOLET A THERAPY (PUVA) |
DIRECTING A TYPE OF UV LIGHT ONTO PSORIATIC LESIONS |
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SKIN GRAFTING |
SKIN TRANSPLANT PERFORMED WHEN NORMAL SKIN COVER HAS BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF BURNS, ULCERS OR OPERATIONS OT REMOVE CANCEROUS TISSUE |
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FULL THICKNESS GRAFT |
FREE SKIN GRAFT IN WHICH FULL PORTIONS OF BOTH THE EPIDERMIS AND THE DERMIS ARE USED |
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SPLIT-THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT (STSG) |
SKIN GRAFT IN WHICH THE EPIDERMIS AND PARTS OF THE DERMIS ARE USED |
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XENOGRAFT |
TEMPORARY SKIN GRAFT FROM ANOTHER SPECIES UNTIL AN AUTOGRAFT IS AVAILABLE |
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XEN/O |
FOREIGN |
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CAUTERIZATION |
DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE BU BURNING WITH HEAT |
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CAUTER/I |
BURN |
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CRYOSURGERY |
DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE THRU THE USE OF EXTREME COLD, USUALLY LIQUID NITROGEN |
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CRY/O |
EXTREME COLD |
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CURETTAGE |
SCRAPING OF MATERIAL FROM THE WALL OF A CAVITY OR OTHER SURFACE TO OBTAIN TISSUE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION |
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CURETTE |
INSTRUMENT USED TO SCRAPE MATERIAL FROM THE WALL OF A CAVITY OR OTHER SURFACE TO OBTAIN TISSUE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION |
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ESCHAROTOMY |
SURGICAL INCISION INTO NECROTIC TISSUE RESULTING FROM SEVERED BURN - USUALLY NECESSARY TO PREVENT EDEMA LEADING TO ISCHEMIA IN UNDERLYING TISSUE |
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ISCHEMIA |
LOSS OF BLOOD FLOW |
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ESCHAR/O |
SCAB |
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MOHS SURGERY |
REPEATED REMOVAL AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF LAYERS OF A TUMOR UNTIL NO CANCEROUS CELLS ARE PRESENT |
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SHAVING (PARING) |
SLICING OF THIN SHEETS OF TISSUE TO REMOVE LESIONS |
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BLEPHAROPLASTY |
SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE EYELIG |
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BLEPHAR/O |
EYELID |
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CHEMICAL PEEL |
USE OF A MILD ACID TO PRODUCE A SUPERFICIAL BURN, NORMALLY DONE TO REMOVE WRINKLES |
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DERMABRASION |
SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO RESURFACE THE SKIN - USED TO REMOVE ACNE SCARS, NEVI, WRINKLES AND TATTOOS |
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DERMAPLASTY |
TRANSPLANT OF LIVING SKIN TO CORRECT EFFECTS OF INJURY, OPERATION OR DISEASE |
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LIPECTOMY |
REMOVAL OF FATTY TISSUE |
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RHYTIDECTOMY |
"FACE LIFT" - SURGICAL OPERATION TO REMOVE WRINKLES |
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RHYTID/O |
WRINKLE |
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HYPODERMIC |
GENERAL TERM FOR ANY INJECTION UNDER THE SKIN |
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TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM (TTS) |
TRANSDERMAL PATCH WITH MEDICATION IN A GEL-LIKE MATERIAL THAT IS APPLIED TO THE SKIN AND ABSORBED OVER TIME |
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SOLARCAINE OR ORAJEL |
ANESTHETIC AGENTS |
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BENZACLIN, BACTROBAN, SUMYCIN, MINOCIN |
ANTIBACTERIALS |
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NYSTAT, LOPROX, SPECTAZOLE |
ANTIFUNGALS |
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CORTIZONE, LIDEX, KENALOG |
ANTIINFLAMMATORIES |
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DEVONEX OR DRITHOCREME |
ANTIPSORIATICS |
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PERIDEX |
ANTISEPTIC |
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ZOVIRAX AND VALTREX |
ANTIVIRALS |
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ELIDEL AND PROTOPIC |
IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS |
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BENZAC, OXY10, CNDYLOX |
KERATOLYTIC |
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OVIDE, NIX, KWELL |
PEDICULICIDES |
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RETIN-A, ACCUTANE, TAZORAC |
RETINOIDS |
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ELIMINATE OR EURAX |
SCABICIDES |
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SCABICIDES |
DESTROY MITES AND SCABIES |
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PEDICULICIDES |
DESTROY LICE |
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KERATOLYTICS |
TOPICALS USED TO BREAK DOWN HARDENED SKIN AND SHED THE TOP LAYER OF DEAD SKIN |
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I&D |
INCISION AND DRAINAGE |