Chapter 3 Dermatological Terms Flashcards by April Prieto

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Scraping away of skin

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Abrasion

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Lack of pigment in the skin causing patient to look white

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Albinism

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A person afflicted with albinism

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Albino

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Baldness

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Alopecia

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Lack of sweating

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Anhidrosis

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A hair follicle that is plugged with sebum

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Comedo

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Blue sweat

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Cyanidrosis

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Loss of pigmentation

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Depigmentation

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Skin pain

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Dermatalgia or dermatodynia

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Loose skin

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Dermatolysis

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Redness

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Erythema

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Redskin

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Erythroderma

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Sweating blood

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Hemathidrosis

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The formation of sweat

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hidropoiesis

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Excessive sweating

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Hyperhidrosis

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Excessive growth of horny skin

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Hyperkerotosis

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Excessive melanin in the skin

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Hypermelanosis

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Excessive pigment in the skin

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Hyperpigmentation

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Diminished sweating

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hypohidrosis

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Diminished melanin in the skin

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Hypomelanosis

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Diminished pigment in the skin

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Hypo pigmentation

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White skin

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leukoderma

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To soften the skin

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Macerate

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Eating or biting the nails

A

onychophagia

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An itch

A

pruritus

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Wrinkled skin

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rhytidermia

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Formation of oil

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sebopoiesis

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Discharge of oil

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Seborrhea

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Abnormally thick hair

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trichomegaly

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Swollen raised itchy areas of the skin

A

urticaria

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Yellow skin

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xanthoderma

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Dry skin

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zeroderma

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Condition of dryness

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xerosis

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Skin condition

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Dermatosis

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Skin disease

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Dermopathy

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Redskin

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Erythroderma

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From Latin, for a split or divide, a crack in the skin

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Fissure

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White skin

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Leukoderma

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Fungus condition

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Mycosis

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A nail condition

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Onychia

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Nail disease

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Oncychopathy

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Yellow skin

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Xantheroderma

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A yellow tumor

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Xanthoma

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Dry skin

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Xeroderma