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34 Cards in this Set
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Hidr/o |
Sweaty |
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Anhidrosis |
Abnormal condition of no sweat |
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Hidrosis |
To produce and excrete sweat |
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Diaphoresis |
Profuse sweating |
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Hyperhidrosis |
Excessive sweating |
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Miliaria |
Heat rash or prickly heat |
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Abrasion |
Scrape (road rash) |
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Pressure sore |
Decubitus ulcer (bed sore) |
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Fissure |
Groove or crack like break in skin |
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Laceration |
Torn or jagged cut |
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Puncture wound ulcer |
Open lesion with tissue los around the edges (stomach or canker sore) |
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Furuncles |
Boils |
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Carbuncles |
A cluster of connected furuncle |
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Cellulitis |
A quickly spreading infection of connective tissue |
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Gangrene |
Tissue death caused by a lack of circulation |
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Impetigo |
Highly contagious bacterial skin infection |
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Nectrotizing fasciitis |
Flesh eating bacteria - severe infection of Group A strep bacteria |
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Pyoderma |
An acute inflammatory pus-forming bacteria |
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Contusion |
Contus - bruise Ion - condition |
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Ecchymosis |
Also called bruise |
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Purpura |
Purple |
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Petechiae |
Small pinpoint hemorrhages |
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Hematoma |
Swelling of clotted blood under the tissue |
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Urticaria |
Hives |
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Cocatrix |
Regular scar |
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Keloid |
Abnormally raised or thickened scar |
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Keratosis |
Overgrowth or thickened skin such as a wart or callus |
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Nevi |
Mole |
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Blepharoplasty |
Eyelid lift |
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Botox |
Injecting small amount of botulinum toxin type A |
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Ecchymosis |
Bruise |
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Xeroderma |
Excessively dry skin |
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Onyxhocryptosis |
Ingrown toenail |
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Exanthem |
Widespread rash, usually on a child |
