Chapter 3 - Lesions / pathological terms Flashcards
macule, macula (freckle)
from Latin, for spot or stain
small, flat discolored area
patch (vitilligo)
larger, flat discolored area
papule
Latin, for pimple
a small solid mass
plaque
a solid mass on the surface of the skin
nodule
a solid mass that extends deeper into the skin
tumor
a larger solid mass
vesicle
ves / icle
bladder / little
a smaller blister
bulla
Latin for bubble
a larger blister
pustule
Latin for little blister
a pus-filled blister
abscess
ab / scess
away / go
a localized collection of pus in to body
erosion
e / rosion
away / gnaw/eat
ulcer
Latin for sore
a sore
excoriation
ex / cori / ation
out / skin / condition
a scratch
fissure
Latin for split or divide
a crack in the skin
scale
skin flaking off
crust
a dried substance (i.e. blood, pus) on the skin
vascular lesion
vascular lesion
blood vessel wound
wounds related to blood vessels
cherry angioma
angi / oma
blood vessel / tumor
a small blood vessel tumer
telangiectasia (spider angioma)
tel/ angi / ectasia
end / blood vessel / expansion
petechia
Latin for freckle or spot
a small bruise
ecchymosis
Greek, for pour out
a larger bruise
cicatrix (plural: cicatrices)
Latin, for scar
keloid
kel / oid
tumor / resembling
overgrowth of scar tissue
epidermal tumors
epi / derm / al
upon / skin / pertaining to tumor
tumors on the skin
nevus
Latin for birthmark or mole
mole
dysplastic nevus
dys / plastic nevus
bad / formation mole
a mole with bad changes/ formations
(often precancerous)
verruca
Latin, for wart
wart
culture and sensitivity (C&S)
growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs it might respond to
biopsy (BX)
bi / ops / y
two / eye / procedure
removal of tissue in order to examine it (with your own two eyes)
excisional biopsy
ex / cision / al
out / cut / pertaining to
removal of an entire lesion for examination
(to cut it out)
incisional biopsy
in / cision / al
in / cut / pertaining to
removal of a portion of a lesion for examination
(to cut into it)
dermatoscope
dermato / scope
skin / instrument to look
instrument used to look at the skin
dermoscopy
dermo / scopy
skin looking / procedure
procedure for looking at the skin
adipocele
adipo / cele
fat / tumor / hernia
dermatofibroma
dermato / fibr / oma
skin / fiber / tumor
a hernia filled with fatty tissue
erythrocyanosis
erytho / cyan / osis
red / blue / condition
a red and/or blue discoloration of the skin
keratogenic
kerato / gen / ic
horny / creation / pertaining
causing horny tissue development
keratosis
kerat /osis
horny / condition
horny tissue condition
necrosis
necr / osis
death / condition
tissue death
onychia
onych / ia
nail / condition
a nail condition
onychocryptosis
onycho / crypt / osis
nail / hidden / condition
an ingrown nail
onycholysis
onycho / lysis
nail / loose
a loss of a nail
onychomalacia
onycho / malacia
nail / softening
abnormal softening of a nail
onychopathy
onycho / pathy
nail / disease
nail disease
onychophagia
onycho / phagia
nail / eat
eating (biting) the nail
pachyderma
pachy / derma
thick / skin
tough skin
paronychia
par / onych /ia
around / nail / condition
steatoma
steat / oma
fat / tumor
a fatty tumor
xanthoma
xanth / oma
yellow / tumor
a yellow tumor
