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28 Cards in this Set
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macule
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circumscribed flat area of discoloration <1cm in diameter
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papule
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elevated circumscribed solid area <1cm in diameter
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nodule
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elevated cicumscribed solid area >1cm in diameter
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plaque
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elevated flat circumscribed area >1cm in diameter
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vesicle
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fluid filled raised area < 0.5cm
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macule
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circumscribed flat area of discoloration <1cm in diameter
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papule
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elevated circumscribed solid area < 1cm in diameter
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nodule
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elevated circumscribed solid area >1cm in diameter
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plaque
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elevated flat circumscribed area >1cm in diameter
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vesicle
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fluid filled raised area < 0.5cm
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bulla
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fluid filled raised area > 0.5cm (a large vesicle)
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blister
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common term for vesicle or bulla
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pustule
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a discrete pus filled area
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scale
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dry platelike excrescence usually as a result of a defect in keratinization
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lichenification
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thickend and rough skin characterized by prominent skin markings usually caused by chronic scratching
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excoriation
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traumatic lesion characterized by disruption of epidermis causing a raw linear area (deep scratch)
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furuncle
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a boil, a localized pyogenic infection originating deep in the hair follicle
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carbuncle
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a large boil, a confluence of multiple furuncles
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hyperkeratosis
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thickening of the stratum corneum
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parakeratosis
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keratinization characterized by retention of nuclei in the cells of the stratum corneum
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dyskeratosis
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disorder of keratinization in which premature keratinization occurs in cells that have not reached the stratum corneum
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acanthosis
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hyperplasia of the stratum spinosum
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acantholysis
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loss of cellular cohesion, mainly involving cells of the stratum spinosum
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spongiosis
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inflammatory intercellular edema of the epidermis
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lentiginous
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linear pattern of melanocyte proliferation within the epidermal basal layer
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erosion
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discontinuity of the skin with partial loss of the epidermis
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ulceration
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discontinuity of the skin with complete loss of the epidermis and often portions of the dermis and hypodermis
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papillomatosis
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hyperplasia of the papillary dermis with elongation and/or widening of the dermal papillae
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