Ch. 3: The Integumentary System - Dermatology Flashcards
fat (3)
adip/o
lip/o
steat/o
skin (3)
derm/o
dermat/o
cutane/o
hair (2)
pil/o
trich/o
sweat
hidr/o
scale
squam/o
nail (2)
onych/o
ungu/o
oil (2)
seb/o
sebace/o
hidden
crypt/o
hard, horny
kerat/o
dry
xer/o
yellow
xanth/o
red
erythr/o
white (2)
leuk/o
alb/o
black
melan/o
abrasion
ab/rasion (away/scrape)
uh-BRAY-zhun
scraping away of skin
albinism
albin/ism (white/condition)
AL-bin-ism
lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white
albino
albino
al-BAI-noh
a person afflicted with albinism
alopecia
Greek for fox
a-loh-PEE-sha
baldness
anhidrosis
an/hidr/osis (no/sweat/condition)
an-ih-DROH-sis
lack of sweating
comedo
Latin for to eat up
koh-MEE-doh
a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (black head or white head)
cyanidrosis
cyan/idr/osis (blue/sweat/condition)
sai-yan-ih-DROH-sis
blue sweat
depigmentation
de/pigment/ation (away/pigment/condition)
DE-pig-men-TAY-shun
loss of pigmentation
dermatalgia
dermat/algia (skin/pain)
der-mah-TAL-jah
skin pain
dermatodynia
dermato/dynia (skin/pain)
der-MA-toh-DIH-nee-ah
skin pain
dermatolysis
dermato/lysis (skin/loose)
der-mah-TAWL-ih-sis
loose skin
erythema
Greek for redness
eh-rih-THEE-mah
redness
erythroderma
erythro/derma (red/skin)
eh-RIH-throh-DER-ma
red skin
hemathidrosis
hemat/hidr/osis (blood/sweat/condition)
heh-mat-ih-DROH-sis
sweating blood
hidropoiesis
hidro/poiesis (sweat/formation)
hai-droh-poh-EE-sis
the formation of sweat
hyperhidrosis
hyper/hidr/osis (over/sweat/condition)
hai-per-hih-DROH-sis
excessive sweating
hyperkerotosis
hyper/kerot/osis (over/hard/condition)
hai-per-ker-ah-TOH-sis
excessive growth of hard skin
hypermelanosis
hyper/melanin/osis (over/black/condition)
hai-per-nel-an-OH-sis
excessive melanin in the skin
hyperpigmentation
hyper/pigment/ation (over/pigment/condition)
hai-per-pig-men-TAY-shun
excessive pigment in the skin
hyp0hidrosis
hyp/hidr/osis (under/sweat/condition)
hai-poh-hih-DROH-sis
diminished sweating
hypomelanosis
hypo/melanin/osis (under/black/condition)
hai-poh-nel-an-OH-sis
diminished melanin in the skin
hypopigmentation
hyp0/pigment/ation (under/pigment/condition)
hai-poh-pig-men-TAY-shun
diminished pigment in the skin
leukoderma
leuko/derma (white/skin)
loo-koh-DER-mah
white skin
macerate
Latin for to make soft
MAS-ir-ayt
to soften the skin
onychophagia
onycho/phagia (nail/eat)
aw-nih-koh-FAY-jah
eating or biting the nails
pruritus
Latin for itching
prur-AI-tis
an itch
rhytidermia
rhyti/dermia (wrinkle/skin)
rih-tih-DER-mee-ah
wrinkled skin
sebopoiesis
sebo/poiesis (oil/formation)
see-boh-poh-EE-sis
formation of oil
seborrhea
sebo/rrhea (oil/discharge)
see-boh-REE-ah
discharge of oil
trichomegaly
tricho/megaly (hair/enlargement)
tri-koh-MEG-ah-lee
abnormally thick hair
urticaria
Latin for burning nettle
ur-tih-KAR-ee-ah
swollen raised itchy areas of the skin
xanthoderma
xantho/derma (yellow/skin)
zan-thoh-DER-ma
yellow skin
xeroderma
xero/derma (dry/skin)
zeh-roh-DER-mah
dry skin
xerosis
xer/osis (dry/condition)
zeh-ROH-sis
condition of dryness
macule
macula
(freckle)
Latin for spot or stain
MA-kyool
MAW-koo-lah
small, flat, discolored area
patch (vitiligo)
Latin for spot or stain
pach (vih-tih-LAI-goh)
larger, flat, discolored area
papule
Latin for pimple
PA-pyool
a small solid mass
plaque
PLAK
a solid mass on the surface of the skin
nodule
NAWD-ule
a solid mass that extends deeper into the skin
tumor
TOO-mur
a larger solid mass
vesicle
ves/icle (bladder/little)
VEH-sih-kul
a smaller blister
bulla
Latin for bubble
BUL-lah
pustule
Latin for little blister
PUS-tyool
a pus-filled blister
absess
ab/scess (away/go)\AB-sess
a localized collection of pus in the body
erosion
e/rosion (away/gnaw, eat)
ee-rOH-zhun
loss of skin
ulcer
Latin for sore
UL-sir
a sore
excoriation
ex/cori/ation (out/skin/condition)
eks-kor-ee-A-shun
a scratch
fissure
Latin for split or divide
FIH-zhur
a crack in the skin
scale
SKAYL
skin flaking off
crust
KRUST
a dried substance (blood or pus) on the skin
vascular lesion
vascular lesion (blood vessel wound)
VAS-kyoo-lar LEE-zhun
wounds related to blood vessels
cherry angioma
angi/oma (vessel/tumor)
CHEH-ree an-gee-OH-mah
a small blood vessel tumor
telangiectasia
tel/angi/ectasia (end/vessel/expansion)
tel-an-jee-ek-TAY-zhuh
the overexpansion of the end of a blood vessel; sometimes called a spider angoima becuase of how it looks on the skin
petechia
Latin for freckle or spot
puh-TEE-kee-yah
a small bruise
ecchymosis
Greek for to pour out
eh-kih-MOH-sis
a larger bruise
cicatrix
Latin for scar
SIK-ah-triks
scar
keloid
kel/oid (tumor/resembling)
KEE-loid
overgrowth of scar tissue
epidermal tumors
epi/derm/al tumor (upon/skin/pertaining to/tumor)
eh-pi-DER-mal TOO-murs
tumors on the skin
nevus
Latin for birthmark or mole
NEE-vus
mole
dysplastic nevus
dys/plastic/nevus (bad/formation/mole)
dis-PLAS-tic NEE-vus
a mole with bad changes/formations (often precancerous)
verruca
Latin for wart
vah-ROO-kah
wart
culture & sensitivity (C&S)
growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs they might respond to
biopsy (Bx)
bi/ops/y (two/eye/procedure)
BAI-op-see
removal of tissue in order to examine it (with your own two eyes)
excisional biopsy
ex/cision/al (out/cut/pertaining to)
ek-SIH-zhun-al bi/op-see
removal of an entire lesion for examination (to cut it out)
incisional biopsy
in/cision/al (in/cut/pertaining to)
n-SIH-zhun-al bi/op/see
removal of a portion of a lesion for examination (to cut into it)
dermatoscope
dermato/scope (skin/instrument to look at)
dir-MA-toh-SKOHP
instrument used to look at the skin
dermoscopy
dermo/scopy (skin/looking procedure)
dir-MAW-skoh-pee
procedure for looking at the skin
adipocele
adipo/cele (fat/hernia)
a-dih-poh-SEEL
a hernia filled with fatty tissue
dermatofibroma
dermato/fibr/oma (skin/fiber/tumor)
der-MA-toh-fai-BROH-mah
a fibrous skin tumor
erythrocyanosis
erythro/cyan/osis (red/blue/condition)
eh-RITH-roh-sai-an-OH-sis
a red and/or blue discoloration of the skinq
keratogenic
kerato/gen/ic (hard/creation/pertaining to)
keh-ROH-toh-jen-ik
causing hard tissue development
keratosis
kerat/osis (hard/condition)
KEH-roh-TOH-sis
hard tissue condition
necrosis
necr/osis (death/condition)
neh-KROH-sis
tissue death
onychia
onych/ia (nail/condition)
oh-NIK-ee-ah
a nail condition
onychcryptosis
onycho/crypt/osis (nail/hidden/condition)
AW-nih-koh-krip-TOH-sis
an ingrown nail
onycholysis
onycho/lysis (nail/loose)
AW-nih/KAWL/ih/sis
the loss of a nail
onychomalacia
onycho/malacia (nail/softening)
AW-nih-koh-mah-LAY-shah
abnormal softening of a nail
onychopathy
onycho/pathy (nail/disease)
aw-nik-AW-pah-thee
nail disease
onychophagia
onycho/phagia (nail/eat)
aw-nih-koh-FAY-jah
eating (biting) the nail
pachyderma
pachy/derma (thick/skin)
pa-kih-DER-mah
tough skin
paronychia
par/onych/ia (around/nail/condition)
par-aw-NIH-kee-ah
a condition of the tissuee around the nail
steatoma
steat/oma (fat/tumor)
STAY-ah-TOH-ma
a fatty tumor
xanthoma
xanth/oma (yellow/tumor)
zan-THOH-mah
a yellow tumor
decubitis ulcer
de/cubitis ulcer (down/lie sore)
deh-KYOO-bih-tus UL-sir
bed sore
dermatosis
dermat/osis (skin/condition)
der-mah-TOH-sis
skin condition
dermopathy
dermo/pathy (skin/disease)
der-MAW-pa-THEE
skin disease
atopic dermatitis
a/top/ic dermat/itis (not/place/pertaining to skin/inflammation)
AY-taw-pik der-mah-TAI-tis
a chronic dry inflammatory disease characterized by itching
-ah-sishypertrichosis
hyper/trich/osis (over/hair/condition)
HAI-per-trih-KOH-sis
excessive growth of hair
ichthyosis
ichthy/osis (fish scale/condition)
ik-thee-OH-sis
a condition in the skin is dry and scaly resembling fish scales
postpartum alopecia
post/partum alopecia (after/birth baldness)
post-PAR-tum al-oh-PEE-shah
baldness experienced by women after a pregnancy
psoriasis
psor/iasis (itch/presence of)
tor-AI-ah-sis
a skin condition characterized by patches of itchy, red, scaly skin
sclerodermatitis
sclero/dermat/itis (hard/skin/inflammation)
skleh-roh-der-mah-TAI-tis
inflammation of the skin accompanied by thickening and hardening
scleronychia
scler/onych/ia (hard/nail/condition)
skleh-raw-NIH-kee-ah
thickening and hardening of the nails
xanthosis
xanth/osis (yellow/condition)
zan-THOH-sis
yellowing of the skin
actinic keratosis
actin/ic kerat/osis (sun ray/pertaining to hard/condition)
ak-TIN-ik keh-rah-TOH-sis
hard skin condition caused by sun exposure
basal cell carcinoma
basal cell carcin/oma (base cell cancer/tumor)
BAY-zul sell kar-sih-NOH-mah
cancerous tumor of basal skin cells
hidradenoma
hidr/aden/oma (sweat/gland/tumor)
hih-drad-eh-NOH-mah
tumor of the sweat gland
malignant cutaneous neoplasm
malignant cutane/ous neo/plasm (harmful skin/pertaining to new/formation)
mah-LIG-nant kuh-TAY-nee-us NEE-oh-plaz-um
a harmful new formation of skin tissue (skin cancer)
squamous cell carcinoma
squam/ous cell carcin/oma (scale/pertaining to cee cancer/tumor)
SKWAY-mus sell kar-sih-NOH-mah
cancerous tumor of squamous skin cells
acne vulgaris
acne vulgaris (acne common)
AK-nee vul-GAR-is
inflammation of the skin follicles
dermatomycosis
dermato/myc/osis (skin/fungus/condition)
der-mah-toh-mai-KOH-sis
a fungal skin condition
hidradenitis
hidr/aden/itis (sweat/gland/inflammation)
hih-dra-deh-NAI-tis
inflammation of the sweat glands
impetigo
Latin for to attack
im-peh-TAI-go
a highly contagious bacterial infection of the skin
mycodermatitis
myco/dermat/itis (fungus/skin/inflammation)
mai-koh-der-mah-TAI-tis
inflammation of the skin caused by fungus
mycosis
myc/osis (fungus/ condition)
mai-KOH-sis
a fungal condition
onychodystrophy
onycho/dys/trophy (nail/bad/nourishment)
AW-ni-koh-DIS-troh-fee
poor nourishment (and development) of the nail
onychomycosis
onycho/myc/osis (nail/fungus/condition)
AW-nih-koh-mai-KOH-sis
a fungal condition of the nail
tinea
Latin for worm
TIH-nee-ah
a fungal condition often called “ringworm” due to its circular appearance
trichomycosis
tricho/myc/osis (hair/fungus/condition)
trik-koh-mai-KOH-sis
a fungal condition of the hair
actinic dermatitis
actin/ic dermat/itis (sun ray/pertaining to skin/inflammation)
ak-TIN-ik der-mah-TAI-tis
inflammation of the skin caused by sun exposure
dermatitis
dermat/itis (skin/inflammation)
der-mah-TAI-tis
inflammation of the skin
seborrheic dermatitis
sebo/rrhe/ic dermat/itis (oil/discharge/pertaining to skin/inflammation)
se-boh-RAY-ik der-mah-TAI-tis
inflammation of the skin caused by the discharge of oil
steatitis
steat/itis (fat/inflammation)
stay-ah-TAI-tis
inflammation of fat tissue
first-degree burn
burn affecting on the epidermis or superficial layer of the skin
second-degree burn
deeper burn affecting both the epidermis and dermis
third-degree burn
deep burn affecting the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous layer
fourth-degree burn
deep burn affecting not just all layers of the skin (epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous layer) but also underlying tissues like muscle, fascia, and bone
anesthetic
an/esthethic (no/sensation)
an-es-THET-ik
a drug that temporarily blocks sensation
antibiotic
anti/biotic (against/life)
an-tai-bai-OH-tik
a drug that destroys or opposes growth of microorganisms
antihistamine
anti/histamine (against/histamine)
an-tee-HIS-tah-meen
a drug that opposes the effects of histamine
antipruritic
anti/pruritic (against/itching)
an-tee-pruh-RIH-tik
a drug that prevents or relieves itching
antiseptic
anti/septic (against/rotting)
an-tee-SEP-tik
a drug that prevents sepsis (rotting of flesh) by killing microorganisms
epidermal
epi/derm/al (upon/skin/pertaining to)
eh-pih-DER-mal
pertaining to the skin
hypodermic
hypo/derm/ic (under/skin/pertaining to
hai-poh-DER-mik
pertaining to beneath the skin
intradermal
intra/derm/al (inside/skin/pertaining to)
in-tra-DER-mal
pertaining to inside the skin
percutaneous
per/cutane/ous (through/skin/pertaining to)
per-kyoo-TAY-nee-us
pertaining to through the skin
subcutanteous
sub/cutane/ous (beneath/skin/pertaining to)
sub-kyoo-TAY-nee-us
pertaining to beneath the skin
topical
topic/al (place/pertaining to)
TAW-pih-cal
applied directly to the skin
transdermal
trans/derm/al (through/skin/pertaining to)
trans-DER-mal
pertaining to through the skin
chemosurgery
chemo/surgery (chemical/surgery)
KEE-moh-SIR-juh-ree
removal of tissue that has been destroyed using chemicals
chemotherapy
chemo/therapy (chemical/treatment)
KEE-moh-THEH-rah-pee
treatment using chemicals
cryosurgery
cryo/surgery (cold/surgery)
KRAI-oh-SIR-juh-ree
destruction of tissue through freezing
dermabrasion
derm/ab/rasion (skin/away/rub)
der-mah-BRAY-zhun
rubbing or scraping away the outer surface of skin
electrocauterization
electro/cauteriz/ation (electrcity/burn/process)
e-LEK-troh-KAW-ter-ai-ZAY-shun
using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it
electrodesiccation
electro/desicc/ation (electricity/drying/process)
e-LEK-troh-deh-sih-KAY-shun
using electricity to destroy tissue by drying it
incision and drainage (I&D)
in/cision (in/cut)
in-SIH-zhun and DRAY-nij
to cut into a wound to allow trapped infected liquid to drain
lipectomy
lip/ectomy (fat/removal)
lih-PEK-toh-mee
removal of fatty tissue
liposuction
lipo/suction (fat/vacuum)
LAI-poh-SUK-shun
removal of fatty tissue using a vacuum
onychectomy
onych/ectomy (nail/removal)
aw-nik-EK-toh-mee
removal of a nail
onychotomy
onycho/tomy (nail/incision)
aw-ni-KAW-toh-mee
incision into a nail
rhytidoplasty
rhytido/plasty (wrinkle/resconstruction)
rih-tih-doh-PLAS-tee
reconstruction of wrinkled skin
autograft
auto/graft (self/transplant)
AW-toh-GRAFT
skin transplant taken from a different place on the patient’s body
homograft
allograft
homo/graft (similar/transplant) allo/graft (other/transplant) HOH-moh-GRAFT A-loh-GRAFT skin transplant taken from another member of the patient's species (homo, because it is from a similar species, and allo, because it is from another person
heterograft
hetero/graft (different/transplant)
HEH-ter-oh-GRAFT
skin transplant taken from a species other than the patient’s
xenograft
xeno/graft (foreign/transplant)
ZEE-noh-graft
skin transplant taken from a species other than the patient’s
ABCDE
asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving
AK
actinic keratosis
Bx
biopsy
C&S
culture and sensitivity
derm
dermatology
ID
intradermal
SC
subcutaneous
SQ
subcutaneous
