Chapter 19 Flashcards
1
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alopecia
A
Hair loss
2
Q
anticoagulant
A
A medication that prevents or slows (anti) KEY TERMS blood clotting (coagulate)
3
Q
bed bugs
A
Small, flat, red-brown insects that may live around or near areas where people sleep and that feed on the blood of people and animals
4
Q
dandruff
A
Excessive amounts of dry, white flakes from the scalp
5
Q
hirsutism
A
Excessive body hair
6
Q
lice
A
See “pediculosis”
7
Q
mite
A
A very small, spiderlike organism
8
Q
pediculosis
A
Infestation with wingless insects; lice
9
Q
pediculosis capitis
A
Infestation of the scalp (capitis) with lice; head lice
10
Q
pediculosis corporis
A
Infestation of the body (corporis) with lice
11
Q
pediculosis pubis
A
Infestation of the pubic (pubis) hair with lice
12
Q
IV
A
Intravenous
