3.2 Dermatological Terms

Question 1

Abrasion

Answer 1

Away/Scrape Scraping away of skin

Question 2

Albinism

Answer 2

Lack of pigment White/Condition

Question 3

Alopecia

Answer 3

Baldness

Question 4

Anhidrosis

Answer 4

lack of sweating No/sweat/condition

Question 5

Comedo

Answer 5

Hair follicle plugged with sebum

Question 6

Cyanidrosis

Answer 6

Blue sweat condition Blue/Sweat/Condition

Question 7

Depigmentation

Answer 7

Loss of pigment Away/pigment/condition

Question 8

Dermatalgia

Answer 8

Skin Pain

Question 9

Dermatolysis

Answer 9

loose skin

Question 10

erythema

Answer 10

Redness

Question 11

Erythroderma

Answer 11

Skin redness

Question 12

Hemathidrosis

Answer 12

Sweating blood /blood/sweat/conditon

Question 13

Hidropolesis

Answer 13

formation of sweat /sweat/formation

Question 14

Hyperhidrosis

Answer 14

excessive sweating over/sweat/condition

Question 15

hyperkerotosis

Answer 15

excessive growth of horny skin /over horny/condition

Question 16

Hypermelanosis

Answer 16

excessive melanin in skin over/black/condition

Question 17

Hyperpigmentation

Answer 17

excessive pigment in the skin

Question 18

hypohidrosis

Answer 18

diminished sweating

Question 19

hypomelanosis

Answer 19

diminished melanin

Question 20

hypopigmentation

Answer 20

Diminished pigment

Question 21

Leukoderma

Answer 21

white skin

Question 22

Macerate

Answer 22

to soften the skin

Question 23

Onychophagia

Answer 23

eating biting nail /nail/eat

Question 24

Pruritus

Answer 24

an itch

Question 25

Rhytidermia

Answer 25

wrinkled skin

Question 26

Sebopolesis

Answer 26

formation of oil /oil/formation

Question 27

Seborrhea

Answer 27

discharge of oil

Question 28

Trichomegaly

Answer 28

Abnormal thick hair/hair/enlargement

Question 29

Urticaria

Answer 29

Swollen raised itchy areas of skin

Question 30

Xanthoderma

Answer 30

Yellow skin

Question 31

Xeroderma

Answer 31

Dry skin

Question 32

Xerosis

Answer 32

Condition of dryness