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8 Cards in this Set
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Macule -
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"spot", non palpable, circumscribed change in skin color without elevation or depression of surrounding skin
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Papule
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"pimple", superficial solid mass less than 0.5cm, mostly on the skin's surface
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Vesicle
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"little bladder", collection of free fluid causing ballooning of epidermal cells less than 0.5cm in size
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Ulcer
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"sore" loss of epidermis and partial layer of dermis heals with scar formation
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Petechia
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circumscribed deposit ofb lood less than 0.5cmi n diameter
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Nodule
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"small knot" palpable solid round lesion that involves dermis, epidermis or subcutaneous tissue. Deeper and bigger than a papule
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Wheal
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hive
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Fissure
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linear loss of epidermis and dermis with sharp vertical walls
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