Chapter 3 - Skin Chg's/Tumors/Infections/Inflammations Flashcards
decubitus ulcer
de / cubitus ulcer
down / lie sore
bed sore
dermatosis
dermat / osis
skin / condition
skin condition
dermopathy
dermo / pathy
skin / disease
skin disease
eczema
Greek for boil over
a red itchy rash that may weep or ooze, then become crusted and scaly
atopic dermatitis
a / top / ic dermat /itis
not / place / pertaining to skin / inflammation
hypertrichosis
hyper / trich / osis
over / hair / condition
excessive growth of hair
ichthyosis
ichthy / osis
fish scale / condition
a condition in the skin that is dry and scaly resembling fish scales
postpartum alopecia
post / partum alopecia
after / birth baldness
baldness experienced by women after a pregnancy
sclerodermatitis
sclero / dermat / itis
hard / skin / inflammation
inflammation of the skin accompanied by thickening and hardening
scleronychia
scler / onych / ia
hard / nail / condition
thickening and hardening of the nails
xanthosis
xanth / osis
yellow / condition
yellowing of the skin
actinic keratosis
actin / ic kerat / osis
sun ray / pertaining to horny / condition
horny skin condition caused by sun exposure
basal cell carcinoma
basal cell carcin / oma
base cell cancer / tumor
cancerous tumor of basal skin cells
hidradenoma
hidr /aden / oma
sweat / gland / tumor
tumor of the sweat glands
malignant cutaneous neoplasm
malignant cutane / ous neo / plasm
harmful skin / pertaining to new / formation
a harmful new formation of skin tissue (i.e. skin cancer)
