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53 Cards in this Set
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adip/o
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fat
i.e. adip/o/cele hernia containing fat or fatty tissue cele: hernia, swelling |
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lip/o
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fat
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steat/o
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fat (fatty tissue)
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cutane/o
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skin
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dermat/o
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skin
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derm/o
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skin
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hidr/o
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sweat
i.e. hidr/aden/itis- inflammation of sweat gland aden: gland |
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sudor/o
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sweat
i.e. sudor/esis- profuse sweating esis- condition |
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ichthy/o
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dry/scaly
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kerat/o
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horny tissue; hard; cornea
i.e. kerat/osis -osis: abnormal condition. increase |
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melan/o
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black
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myc/o
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fungus (plural- fungi)
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onych/o
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nail
onychomalsia- softening of nails |
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pil/o
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hair
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trich/o
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hair
i.e. trichopathy= any disease of the hair |
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scler/o
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hardening, sclera (white of eye)
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seb/o
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sebum, sebaceous
i.e. seb/o/rrhea: increase in the amoung, and often an alteration of the quality, of the fats secreted by the sebaceous glands rrhea- discharge, flow |
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squam/o
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scale
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xer/o
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dry
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-derma
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skin
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-phoresis
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carrying, transmission
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-therapy
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treatement
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albin/o
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white
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cyan/o
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blue
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erythr/o
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red
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leuk/o
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white
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melan/o
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black
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xanth/o
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yellow
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-penia
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decrease or deficiency
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carcin/o
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cancerous
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Kaposi sarcoma
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malignant skin tumor associated with AIDS
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necr/o
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death or dead
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derm/a/tome
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instrument used to incise or cut
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abrasion
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scraping away of a portion of skin or of a mucous membrane as a result of injury or by mechanical means
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acne
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inflammatory disease of the sebaceous golicles of the skin, marked by comedones (blackheads), papules, and pustules
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alopecia
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absence or loss of hair, especialy of the head (baldness)
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carbuncle
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deep-seated pyogenic infection of the skin usually involuving subcutaneous tissues
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comedo
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blackhead
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contusion
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injury in which the skin is not broken (BRUISE)
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cyst
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closed sac or pouch in or under the skin with a definite wall, that contains fluid, semifluid, or solid material
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decubitus ulcer
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skin ulceration caused by prolonged pressure, usually in a person who is bedridden (bedsore)
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ecchymosis
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skin discoloration consisting of a large, irregularly formed hemorrhagic area with colors changing from blue-black to greenish brown or yellow (BRUISE)
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eczema
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general term for an itchy red rash that initially weeps or oozes serum and may become crusted, thickened or scaly
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foruncle
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tender, dome-shaped lesion, typically caused by infection around a hair follicle (form boils)
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hirsutism
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condition characterized by excessive growth of hair in unusual places, especially in women
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impetigo
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inflammatory skin disease characterized by isolated pustules that become crusted and rupture
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petechia
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minute, pinpoint hemorrhagic spot of the skin
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psoriasis
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chronic skin disease characterized by itchy red patches covered with silvery scales
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scabies
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contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite
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skin lesions
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areas of pathologically altered tisse caused by disease, injury, or a wound due to external factors or internal disease
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primary lesion
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intial reaction to pathologically altered tissue
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secondary lesion
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result from the changes that take place in the primary lesion due to infection
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