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45 Cards in this Set
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ABSCESS
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A localized zone of inflammation due to staphylococcal infection, in which pus forms in a tissue space walled off from surrounding tissues by fibrin coagulated tissue fluids, and eventually fibrous tissue.
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ALOPECIA
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Local or widespread loss of scalp hair
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AVULSION
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The ripping or tearing away of a part
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BLEPHARITIS
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Inflammation of one or both eyelids
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BULLA (BULLAE:PL)
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A blister; a fluid-filled epidermal sac larger than a vesicle
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CARBUNCLE
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A spreading lesion made up of furuncles communicating by subcutaneous passages
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CICATRIX (SCAR)
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A zone of fibrous tissue occurring at the site of healed injury or inflammatory or destructive lesion extending into the dermis
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CRUST
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A hard, friable, irregular layer of dried blood, serum, pus, tissue debris, or any combination of these adherent to the surface of injured or inflammed skin; a scab
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CRYOPROBE
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A cryosurgical instrument containing a circulating refrigerant, which can be rapidly chilled so as to deliver subfreezing temperature to tissues
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DERMATITIS
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Inflammation of the skin
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DERMATOSIS
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A general term for any abnormal condition of the skin, but usually excluding inflammatory conditions, which are called dermatitis
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DERMATOGRAPHISM
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The property of abnormally sensitive skin by which strokes or writing with a pointed oobject are reproduced on the skin surface as raised red lines
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DISCOID
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Consisting of small flat plaques
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EROSION
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A surface defect in the epidermis produced by rubbing or scratching
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ESCHAR
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The crust that forms on a burn
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EXACERBATION
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An increase in the severity of a disease, particularly when occuring after a period of improvement (remission)
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EXCORIATION
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Abrasion of the epidermal surface by scratching
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FISSURE
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A linear defect or crack in the continuity of the epidermis
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FRIABLE
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Crumbly; fragmenting or bleeding easily on touch or manipulation; said usually of diseased tissue
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FURUNCLE
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A deep, solitary abscess
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HYPERTROPHIC
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Overgrown, usually as a result of increase in size of cells
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KELOID
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A firm modular,irregular, often pigmented mass of fibrous tissue representing a hypertrophic scar
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LICHENIFICATION
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Tickening, coarsening, and pigment change of skin due to chronic irritation, usually scratching
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MACULE
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A flat patch or mark differing in color from surrounding skin
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MALAR
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Pertaining to or situated on the cheeks
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NEVUS
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(1)A pigmented lesion of the skin; (2)A skin lesion present since birth (birthmark)
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OCCULT
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Hidden; not obvious, but sometimes able to be inferred from indirect evidence
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PAPULE
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A small elevated zone of skin
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PIT
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A small depression in the skin resulting from local atrophy or scarring after trauma or inflammation
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PLANTAR
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Pertaining to the sole of the foot
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PRURITUS, PURITIC
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Itching
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PYODERMA
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General term for any purulent (pus-forming) infection of the skin
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RHINOPHYMA
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Enlargement and deformity of the external nose, usually as a result of rosacea
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SCAB
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see crust
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SCALE
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A flake of epidermis shed from the skin surface
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SCAR
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see cicatrix
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TELANGIECTATIC
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Pertaining to telangiectasia; a permanent dilatuation of small blood vessels(capillaries, arterioles,venules), visible through a skin or mucous surface
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ULCER
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A cutaneous defect extending into the dermis
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VECTOR
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An animal (for example, a rat) that transmits a pathogenic organism from one host to another
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VESICLE
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A small thin-walled sac contining clear fluid
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WHEAL (WEAL, WELT)
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the characteristic lesion of hives. A small zone of edema in skin, which may be red or white; wheals are typically multiple and appear and disappear abruptly
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TINEA PEDIS
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Athlete's foot
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CONTUSION
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Bruise
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COMEDO
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Blackhead
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URTICARIA
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Hives
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