Med Term Continued Ch.3

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Branch of medicine involving diagnosis and treatment of conditions and diseases of the integumentary system

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Dermatology

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Surgical specialty involved in repair, reconstruction, or improvement of body structures such as the skin that are damaged, missing, or misshapen

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Plastic surgery

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Friction scraping away skin surface

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Abrasion

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Condition of producing no sweat

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Anhidrosis

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Hardened sebum in hair follicle; blackhead

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Comedo

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Injury caused by a blow; causes swelling, pain, and bruising

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Contusion

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Fluid-filled sac under skin

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Cyst

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Loss of normal skin color

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Depigmentation

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Profuse sweating

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Diaphoresis

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Blood collecting underskin following blunt trauma; a bruise

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Ecchymosis

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Red flushing of skin

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Erythema

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Having reddened or flushed skin

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Erythroderma

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Thick layer of dead tissue develops over a deep burn area

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Eschar

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Crack-like lesion on skin

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Fissure

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Excessive hair growth

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Hirsutism

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Redness of skin do to increase blood flow

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Hyperemia

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Excessive sweating

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Hyperhidrosis

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Abnormal amount of pigmentation

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Hyperpigmentation

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Scaly and dry skin

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Ichthyoderma

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General term for injury or abnormality

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Lesion

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White skin from lack of skin pigment

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Leukoderma

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Fatty mass

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Lipoma

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Flat, discolored spot on skin

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Macule

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Condition of cell or tissue death

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Necrosis

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Pigmented skin blemish, birthmark, or mole; usually benign

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Nevus

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Firm, solid mass larger than 0.5 cm

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Nodule

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Softening of nails

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Onychomalacia

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Abnormal paleness of skin

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Pallor

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Small, solid raised spot smaller than 0.5 cm

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Papule

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Spots from minute hemorrhages under skin

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Petechiae

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Skin reacts abnormally to light

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Photosensitivity

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Severe itching

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Pruritus

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Skin hemorrhage dueto fragile blood vessels

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Purpura

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Infection producing pus; dead bacteria, white blood cells, and tissue debris

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Purulent

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Raised spot on skin containing pus

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Pustule

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Having pus on or within the skin

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Pyoderma

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Hardened skin

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Scleroderma

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Oily discharge

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Seborrhea

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Containing or producing pus

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Suppurative

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Open sore in skin

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Ulcer

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Hives; eruption of wheals with severe itching

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Urticaria

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Small, fluid-filled, raise spot; blister

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Vesicle

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Small, round, swollen area; typical of allergic skin reaction

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Wheal

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Abnormally dry skin

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Xeroderma

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Collection of pus in skin

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Abscess

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Inflammation of sebaceous glands and hair follicles with papules and pustules

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Acne

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Chronic form of adult acne with redness and tiny pimples, primarily on nose

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Acne rosacea

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Common form of teenage acne with comedo, papules, and pustules

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Acne vulgaris

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Genetic condition; unable to make melanin; white hair and skin, and red eyes

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Albinism

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Cancerous tumor in basal cell layer; common cancer; rarely metastasizes

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Basal cell carcinoma

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Skin damage caused by fire, electricity, ultraviolet light, or caustic chemicals; percentage of skin burned is estimated by rule of nine

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Burn

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Diffuse acute infection of connective tissue of skin

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Cellulitis

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Normal scar

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Cicatrix

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Open sore caused by pressure over bony prominences; caused by loss of blood flow to skin

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Decubitus ulcer

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Inflammation of the skin

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Dermatitis

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Presence of a skin condition

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Dermatosis

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Late stages of gangrene; affected area becomes dried, blackened, and shriveled

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Dry gangrene

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Superficial dermatitis; redness, vesicles, itching, and casting

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Eczema

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Tissue necrosis due to loss of blood flow

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Gangrene

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Skin becomes dry, scaly, keratinized

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Ichthyosis

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Highly infectious bacterial infection with pustules that rupture and crust over

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Impetigo

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Skin cancer seen in AIDS patients; brownish – purple lesions

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Kaposi's sarcoma

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Thick hypertrophic scar

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Keloid

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Condition of excess growth and thickening of epidermis layer

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Keratosis

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Torn or jagged wound

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Laceration

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Dangerous form of cancer; begins in melanocytes; quickly metastasizes

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Malignant melanoma (MM)

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Lice infestation

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Pediculosis

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Chronic and inflammatory condition with papules forming "silvery scale" patches

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Psoriasis

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Contagious viral infection; German measles

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Rubella

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Mite infestation

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Scabies

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Sebum filled sac forms around sebaceous glan

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Sebaceous cyst

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Cancer of epidermis layer; may invade deeper tissue and metastasize

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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

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Congenital collection of dilated blood vessels; birthmark

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Strawberry hemangioma

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Chronic disease of connective tissue; injures skin, joints, & kidneys; produces red, scaly butterfly rash across face

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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Fungal infection; itching and scaling lesions

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Tinea

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Fungal infection on scalp; ringworm

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Tinea capitis

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Fungal infection of foot; athletes foot

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Tinea pedis

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Contagious viral infection; chickenpox

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Varicella

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Warts; benign growth caused by virus

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Verruca

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Disappearance of pigment from skin in patches; causes milk – white lesions

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Vitiligo

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Area of gangrene with secondary bacterial infection and pus

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Wet gangrene

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Absence or loss of hair; baldness

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Alopecia

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Furuncle involving several hair follicles

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Carbuncle

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Bacterial infection of hair follicle; redness, pain, and swelling; a boil

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Furuncle

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Fungal infection of hair

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Trichomycosis

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Infected nail bed

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Onychia

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Fungal infection of nail

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Onychomycosis

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Nail biting

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Onychophagia

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Infection of skin fold around nail

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Paronychia