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14 Cards in this Set
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Macule
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Circumscribed lesion of <5 mm in diameter characterized by flatness and usually discolored (often red)
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Patch
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Circumscribed lesion of >5 mm in diameter characterized by flatness and usually discolored (often red)
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Papule
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Elevated dome-shaped or flat-topped lesion <5 mm across.
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Nodule
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Elevated lesion with spherical contour >5 mm across.
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Plaque
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Elevated flat-topped lesion, usually >5 mm across (may be caused by coalescent papules).
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Vesicle
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Fluid-filled raised lesion <5 mm across.
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Bulla
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Fluid-filled raised lesion >5 mm across.
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Blister
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Common term used for vesicle or bulla.
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Pustule
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Discrete, pus-filled, raised lesion.
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Wheal
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Itchy, transient, elevated lesion with variable blanching and erythema formed as the result of dermal edema.
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Scale
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Dry, horny, plate-like excrescence; usually the result of imperfect cornification (i.e., keratinization).
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Lichenification
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Thickened and rough skin characterized by prominent skin markings; usually the result of repeated rubbing in susceptible persons.
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Excoriation
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Traumatic lesion characterized by breakage of the epidermis, causing a raw linear area (i.e., a deep scratch)
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Onycholysis
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Separation of nail plate from nail bed.
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