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40 Cards in this Set
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adip/o OR lip/o OR steat/o |
fat ex: adipose, lipoma |
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albin/o OR leuk/o |
white |
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caus/o |
burn, burning ex: causalgia |
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cauter/o |
heat, burn ex: electrocautery |
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cutane/o derm/o dermat/o |
skin ex: subcutaneous, epidermis, dermatologist |
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diaphor/o OR hidr/o |
profuse sweating ex: diaphoresis, anhydrosis |
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erythem/o OR erythemat/o |
redness ex: erythema |
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ichthy/o |
dry, scaly (fish-like) ex: ichthyosis |
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kerat/o |
hard ex: keratosis |
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melan/o OR anthrac/o |
black ex: melanoma, anthracosis |
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myc/o |
fungus (fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushroom) ex: mycosis |
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onych/o OR ungu/o |
nail ex: onycholysis, paronychia, subungual |
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phyt/o |
plant ex: dermatophytosis |
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pil/o OR trich/o |
hair, hair follicle ex: pilosebaceous, hypertrichosis |
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py/o |
pus ex: pyoderma |
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rhytid/o |
wrinkle ex: rhytidectomy |
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seb/o |
sebum ex: seborrhea |
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squam/o |
scale-like ex: squamous epithelium |
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xanth/o cirrh/o jaund/o lute/o |
yellow ex: xanthoma, cirrhosis, jaundice, corpus luteum |
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xer/o |
dry ex: xerosis |
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chlor/o |
green |
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cyan/o |
blue |
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eosin/o |
rosy |
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poli/o |
gray |
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crust |
collection of dried serum and cellular debris |
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cyst |
thick-walled, closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semisolid material |
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erosion |
wearing away or loss of epidermis |
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fissure |
groove or crack-like sore |
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macule |
flat lesion measuring less than 1cm in diameter
ex: freckle
a PATCH is a large macule greater than 1cm in diameter |
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nodule |
solid, round or oval elevated lesion 1cm or more in diameter |
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papule |
small (less than 1cm in diameter), solid elevation of the skin ex: pimple, plaques (confluent papules) |
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polyp |
growth extending from the surface of mucous membrane |
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pustule |
papule containing pus |
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ulcer |
open sore on the skin or mucous membranes (deeper than an erosion) |
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vesicle |
small collection (papule) of clear fluid (serum); blister |
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wheal |
smooth, edematous (swollen) papule or plaque that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin |
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ABCDE |
characteristics associated with melanoma: asymmetry border (irregular) color (variation with one lesion) diameter (greater than 6 mm) evolution (change) |
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bx |
biopsy |
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PPD |
purified protein derivative- used in skin test for TB |
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SC |
subcutaneous |
