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Chapter 16; Skin Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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adipo

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fat

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albino

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white

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acuso

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burn, burning

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cautero

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heat, burning

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cutaneo

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skin

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dermo, dermato

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skin

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diaphoro

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profuse sweating

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erythemo, erythemato

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redness

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hidro

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sweat

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ichthyo

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dry, scaly (fish like)

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kerato

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hard

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leuko

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white

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lipo

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fat

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melano

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black

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myco

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fungus

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onycho

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nail

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phyto

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plant

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pilo

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hair, hair follicle

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pyo

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pus

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rhytido

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wrinkle

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sebo

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sebum

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squamo

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scale like

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steato

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fat

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tricho

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hair

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unguo

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nail

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xantho

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yellow

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xero

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dry

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crust

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collection of dried serum and cellular debris

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cyst

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thick walled, closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semisolid material

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erosion

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wearing away or loss of epidermis

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fissure

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groove or crack-like sore

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macule

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flat, pigmented lesion measuring less than 1 cm in diameter

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nodule

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solid, round or oval elevated lesion 1 cm or more in diameter

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pappule

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small (less than 1 cm), solid elevation of skin

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polyp

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growth extending from the surface of mucous membrane

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pustule

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papule containing pus

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ulcer

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open sore on the skin or mucous membranes (deeper than erosion)

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vesicle

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small collection (papule) of clear fluid (serum); blister

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wheal

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smooth, edematous (swollen) papule or plaque that is centrally redder or paler than the surrounding skin

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