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28 Cards in this Set
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Alopecia
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Loss of hair, baldness
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Anhidrosis
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Abscence of sweating
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Curettage
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Removal of tissue or growth from a body cavity by scraping with a curette
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Dibridement
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Surgical excision of dead or contamenated tissue or removing foriegn matter from wound
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Decubitus ulcer
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Bedsore
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Ecchymosis
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The passage of blood from ruptured blood vessels into subcutaneous tissue usually purple or a bruise
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Eczema
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A non contagious inflam of the skin usually red, itchy, and has outbreak of lesions that might discharge matter
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Eschartomy
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A surgical proc used to treat 3rd degree burns
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Folliculitis
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I flammation of hair follicle
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Hematoma
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Localized swelling filled with blood resulting from a break in a blood vessel
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Herpes simplex virus
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A herpes that affects the skin and nervous sys
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Hypertrichosis
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Excessive harriness
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Impetigo
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Acontagious bacterial skin infection, usually in kids, rash that discharge pus, usually on face
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Intradermal
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Within or between the layers of the skin
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Keratolytic
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Treatment to remove warts and other lesions on skin
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Melanoma
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A malignant tumor of the melanocytes usually found on skin
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Nevas
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A congenetial growth or mark on the skin such as a mole or a birthmark
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Onychomycosis
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Fungal infection of the nail
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Paronychia
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Inflammation of the tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail
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Pediculicide
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A chemical agent that kills lice
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Psoriasis
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A non contagious inflam skin disease that has reddish patches with silver scales
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Rhytidectomy
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Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging of the face
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Seborrhea
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A disease of the seb glands character by excessive secretion of sebum results in bad skin
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Subungual
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Under the nail
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Tinea pedis
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Athletes foot
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Transdermal
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Thru or by the way of skin
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Tuberculosis
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An infect disease that causes a form of tubercles o. The lungs and other organs
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Verruca
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A wart
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