Medical Terminology Chapter 3

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Cutaneous / dermal

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Pertaining to the skin

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Epidermal

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Pertaining to upon the skin

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Hypodermal/ hypodermic / subcutaneous

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Pertaining to under the skin

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Intradermal

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Pertaining to within the skin

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Dermatology

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the study of skin

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Hidr/o

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Sweat or persperation

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Sebum

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The oil that is secreted from the sebaceous glands

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Diaphoresis

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Profuse sweating

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Pallor

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Abnormal paleness of skin

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Erthema

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Redness of the skin

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Depigmentation

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Loss of normal skin color or pigment

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Hyperpigmentation

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Abnormal amount of pigmentation of the skin

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Jaundice

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A yellow discoloration of the skin, mucous membranes and the white of the eyes

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Abrasion

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Caused by skin being scraped or rubbed away by friction Exe. Road rash after falling off a bike

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Laceration

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Cut or torn skin from trauma, vary in length and depth, may have even or jagged edges

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Cut

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Slicing wounds made with a sharp instrument, even, clean edges

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Puncture

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Caused by an object piercing the skin and creating a hole

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Wound

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A physical injury usually caused by an act or accident other than a disease, when the integrity of any tissue is compromised. Exe. Muscle tears, burns, fractions

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Avulsion

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An entire part of the skin is ripped or forcefully pulled away

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Necrosis

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Localized tissue death in response to disease or injury

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Hematoma

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A swelling of blood within the body tissues

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Skin lesion

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Any visible, local abnormality of tissues of the skin, such as a sore, a rash, or a tumor

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Vesticles

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Circumscribed small blisters containing clear fluid, less than half a centimeter

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Bullae

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Blisters that are vesticle like but greater than half a centimeter and fear filled with clear fluid

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Pustules

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small circumscribed elevation of the skin containing pus

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Wheals

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A flat irregularity shaped lesion resulting from allergic skin eruption called urticaria (hives)

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Fissures

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Linear cracks in the epidermis, such as Legion or athletes foot or crack like lesions of the skin

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Ulcers

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Deep, irregular erosions of the skin or mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, ulcers appear as open craters with layers of skin that have eroded

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Abscess

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Any pus containing cavity that is surrounded by inflamed tissue

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Cyst

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A fluid or semisolid filled sac that has a distinct membrane that develops around the internal fluid

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Nodule

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The growth that forms with any layer of the skin and is greater than .5 centimeters, it may be filled with inflamed tissue or a mixture of tissue and fluid

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Decubitus / pressure ulcer

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Bedsore

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Dermatomycosis

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The superficial fungal infection of the skin

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Ringworm

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A fungal infection that appears as a red circular rash with clear skin in the middle

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Tinea

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The name of a group of diseases caused by fungus

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Tinea pedis

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Athlete's foot

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Tinea cruris

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Jock itch

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Tinea corporis

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Fungal infection of arms, legs and trunk, includes ringworm

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Scabies

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Tiny mites that burrow under the skin and cause intense itching and inflammation of the skin, usually transmitted by direct skin to skin contact

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Cellulitis

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An acute bacterial infection and inflammation of the connective tissue and deep layers of the skin

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Pruritus

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Itchy skin that makes you want to scratch

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Corn or heloma

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A callus that develops a mass of dead cells in its center and becomes round or conical, usually very painful

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Scler/o

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Hard

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Sarc/o

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Flesh

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Seb/o

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Oil

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Py/o

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Pus

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Pedicul/o

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Lice

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Rhytid/o

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Wrinkle

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Septic/o

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Infection

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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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Sac

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Kerat/o

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Hard/horny

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-phagia

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Eat, swallow

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-tome

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Instrument to cut

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-ule

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Small

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition

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allo-

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Other

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-xeno

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Foreign

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Hirsutism

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Excessive hair growth over the body

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Furuncle or boil

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A localized infection that begins with the hair follicle or sebaceous gland

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Paronychia

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Infection of the skin fold around a nail

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Antipruritic

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Reduce severe itching