Dermatology

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ABSCESS

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A localized zone of inflammation due to staphylococcal infection, in which pus forms in a tissue space walled off from surrounding tissues by fibrin coagulated tissue fluids, and eventually fibrous tissue.

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ALOPECIA

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Local or widespread loss of scalp hair

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AVULSION

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The ripping or tearing away of a part

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BLEPHARITIS

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Inflammation of one or both eyelids

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BULLA (BULLAE:PL)

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A blister; a fluid-filled epidermal sac larger than a vesicle

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CARBUNCLE

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A spreading lesion made up of furuncles communicating by subcutaneous passages

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CICATRIX (SCAR)

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A zone of fibrous tissue occurring at the site of healed injury or inflammatory or destructive lesion extending into the dermis

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CRUST

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A hard, friable, irregular layer of dried blood, serum, pus, tissue debris, or any combination of these adherent to the surface of injured or inflammed skin; a scab

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CRYOPROBE

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A cryosurgical instrument containing a circulating refrigerant, which can be rapidly chilled so as to deliver subfreezing temperature to tissues

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DERMATITIS

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Inflammation of the skin

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DERMATOSIS

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A general term for any abnormal condition of the skin, but usually excluding inflammatory conditions, which are called dermatitis

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DERMATOGRAPHISM

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The property of abnormally sensitive skin by which strokes or writing with a pointed oobject are reproduced on the skin surface as raised red lines

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DISCOID

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Consisting of small flat plaques

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EROSION

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A surface defect in the epidermis produced by rubbing or scratching

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ESCHAR

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The crust that forms on a burn

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EXACERBATION

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An increase in the severity of a disease, particularly when occuring after a period of improvement (remission)

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EXCORIATION

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Abrasion of the epidermal surface by scratching

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FISSURE

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A linear defect or crack in the continuity of the epidermis

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FRIABLE

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Crumbly; fragmenting or bleeding easily on touch or manipulation; said usually of diseased tissue

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FURUNCLE

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A deep, solitary abscess

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HYPERTROPHIC

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Overgrown, usually as a result of increase in size of cells

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KELOID

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A firm modular,irregular, often pigmented mass of fibrous tissue representing a hypertrophic scar

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LICHENIFICATION

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Tickening, coarsening, and pigment change of skin due to chronic irritation, usually scratching

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MACULE

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A flat patch or mark differing in color from surrounding skin

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MALAR

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Pertaining to or situated on the cheeks

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NEVUS

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(1)A pigmented lesion of the skin; (2)A skin lesion present since birth (birthmark)

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OCCULT

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Hidden; not obvious, but sometimes able to be inferred from indirect evidence

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PAPULE

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A small elevated zone of skin

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PIT

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A small depression in the skin resulting from local atrophy or scarring after trauma or inflammation

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PLANTAR

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Pertaining to the sole of the foot

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PRURITUS, PURITIC

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Itching

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PYODERMA

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General term for any purulent (pus-forming) infection of the skin

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RHINOPHYMA

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Enlargement and deformity of the external nose, usually as a result of rosacea

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SCAB

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see crust

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SCALE

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A flake of epidermis shed from the skin surface

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SCAR

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see cicatrix

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TELANGIECTATIC

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Pertaining to telangiectasia; a permanent dilatuation of small blood vessels(capillaries, arterioles,venules), visible through a skin or mucous surface

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ULCER

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A cutaneous defect extending into the dermis

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VECTOR

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An animal (for example, a rat) that transmits a pathogenic organism from one host to another

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VESICLE

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A small thin-walled sac contining clear fluid

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WHEAL (WEAL, WELT)

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the characteristic lesion of hives. A small zone of edema in skin, which may be red or white; wheals are typically multiple and appear and disappear abruptly

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TINEA PEDIS

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Athlete's foot

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CONTUSION

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Bruise

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COMEDO

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Blackhead

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URTICARIA

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Hives