Medical Terms Ch 5

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abcess

Back 1

walled cavity containing puss and surrounded by inflammed or necrotic tissue

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Bowen's Disease

Back 2

form of intraepidermal carcenoma characterized by red brown scaly or crusted lesions that resemble a patch of psoriasis or dermatitis

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Carbuncle

Back 3

deep seated pyogenic infection of the skin usually involving subcutaneous tissues

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cellulitis

Back 4

diffuse acute infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

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chloasma

Back 5

pigmentary skin discoloration usually occuring in yellowish-brown patches or spots

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eczema

Back 6

accute or chronic skin inflam characterized by erythma, popules, vesicles, pustules, scales, crusts, scabs, and possibly itching

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eschar

Back 7

damaged tissue following a severe burn

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furuncle

Back 8

bacterial infection of a hair follicle or sebacious gland that produces a puss filled lesion called a boil

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hirsutism

Back 9

excessive growth of hair or presence in unusual places in women

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impetigo

Back 10

inflammatory skin disease charac. by isolated pustules that become crusted and rupture

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keratosis

Back 11

thickened area of the epidermis (callus)

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lentigo

Back 12

small brown macules on the face and arms. lesions on sun exposed areas of skin.

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pediculosis

Back 13

infestation with lice

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petechia

Back 14

minute pinpoint hemmorrhage under the skin

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pruritis

Back 15

intense itching

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psoriasis

Back 16

chronic skin disease char by circumscribed red patches covered by thick, dry, silvery, adherent scales that are the result of excessive development of the basal layer of the epidermis.

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purpura

Back 17

any of several bleeding disorders characterized by hemorrhage into the tissues, particularly beneath the skin or mucous membranes, producing ecchymoses or petechiae

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scabies

Back 18

cont. skin disease trans by the itch mite, commonly through sexual contact

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tinea

Back 19

any fungal skin disease whose name commonly indicates the body part affected; also called ringworm.

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urticaria

Back 20

allergic rxn of the skin char by the eruption of pale red elevated patches called wheals (hives)

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vitiligo

Back 21

localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized by milk-white patches

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verruca

Back 22

epidermal growth caused by a virus, such as plantar warts, juvenile warts, and venereal warts.

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fulguration

Back 23

tissue destruction by means of high-frequency electric sparks; also called electrodesiccation

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macule

Back 24

flat, pigmented, circumscribed area less than 1cm in diameter

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papule

Back 25

solid, elevated lesion less than 1 cm in diameter that may be the same color as the kin or pigmented

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vesicle

Back 26

elevated, circumscribed, fluid-filled lesion less than .5 cm in diameter

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nodule

Back 27

palpable, circumscribed lesion; larger and deeper than a papule (.6 to 2cm in diameter); extends into the dermal area

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pustule

Back 28

small, raised, circumscribed lesion that contains pus; usually less than 1 cm in diameter

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tumor

Back 29

solid, elevated lesion larger than 2 cm in diameter that extends into the dermal and subcutaneous layers.

Front 30

bulla

Back 30

a vesicle or blister larger than 1 cm in diameter.

Front 31

wheal

Back 31

elevated, firm, rounded lesion with localized skin edema that varies in size, shape, and color; paler in the center than its surrounding edges; accompanied by itching.

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excoriations

Back 32

linear scratch marks or traumatized abrasions of the epidermis

Front 33

fissure

Back 33

small slit or crack like sore that extends into the dermal layer; could be caused by continuous inflammation and drying

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ulcer

Back 34

an open sore or lesion that extends to the dermis and usually heals with scarring

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steat o

Back 35

fat

steat itis: inflammation of adipose (fatty) tissue

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hidr o

Back 36

sweat

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sudor o

Back 37

sweat

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ichthy o

Back 38

dry, scaly

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kerat o

Back 39

horny tissue; hard; cornea

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melan o

Back 40

black

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myc o

Back 41

fungus (plural, fungi)

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onych o

Back 42

nail

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ungu o

Back 43

nail

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pil o

Back 44

hair

pilonidal - growth of a hair in a cyst or other structure

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trich o

Back 45

hair

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seb o

Back 46

sebum, sebaceous

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squam

Back 47

scale

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papilla

Back 48

loop of capillaries enclosed in a covering

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alopecia

Back 49

baldness

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lunula

Back 50

region where new growth occurs in the nails