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CHAPTER 8 VOCABULARY Flashcards

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ACNE

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A SKIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS FROM RETAINED SECRETIONS AND BACTERIA KNOWN AS PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES (P.ACNES), THE SCIENTIFIC TERM FOR ACNE BACTERIA

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ALBINISM

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CONGENITAL HYPOPIGMENTATION, OR ABSENCE OF MELANIN PIGMENT OF THE BODY, INCLUDING THE SKIN, HAIR, AND EYES.

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ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS

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ABBREVIATED ACD; AN ALLERGY TO AN INGREDIENT OR A CHEMICAL, USUALLY CAUSED BY REPEATED SKIN CONTACT WITH THE CHEMICAL

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ANAEROBIC

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CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN

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ANHIDROSIS

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DEFICIENCY IN PERSPIRATION OR THE INABLITY TO SWEAT, OFTEN A RESULT OF DAMAGE TO AUTONOMIC NERVES

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BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

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MOST COMMON AND LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER; OFTEN CHARACTERIZED BY LIGHT OR PEARLY NODULES

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BROMHIDROSIS

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FOUL-SMELLING PERSPIRATION, USUALLY NOTICEABLE IN THE ARMPITS OR ON THE FEET, WHICH IS GENERALLY CAUSED BY BACTERIA

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BULLA

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PLURAL: BULLAE. A LARGE BLISTER CONTAINING A WATERY FLUID; SIMILAR TO A VESICLE. BUT LARGER

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CHLOASMA

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ALSO KNOWN AS MASK OFF PREGNANCY; CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY TYPICALLY BROWN HYPERPIGMENTATION, GENERALLY ON THE FACE, WHICH IS NOT ELEVATED

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CICATRIX

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LIGHTLY RAISED MARK ON THE SKIN FORMED AFTER AN INJURY OR LESION OF THE SKIN HAS HEALED

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CONJUNCTIVITIS

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ALSO KNOWN AS PINKEYE; INFECTION OF THE EYE(S) THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY A BACTERIA OR A VIRUS; GENERALLY EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS.

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CONTACT DERMATITIS

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AN INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY HAVING CONTACT WITH CERTAIN CHEMICALS OR SUBSTANCES; MANY OF THESE SUBSTANCES ARE USED IN COSMETOLOGY

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CRUST

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DEAD CELLS THAT FORM OVER A WOUND OR BLEMISH WHILE ITIS HEALING; AN ACCUMULATION OF SEBUM AND PUS, SOMETIMES MIXED WITH EPIDERMAL MATERIAL.

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CYST

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CLOSED, ABNORMALLY DEVELOPED SAC THAT CONTAINS FLUID, PUS, SEMIFLUID, OR MORBID MATTER ABOVE OR BELOW THE SKIN

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DERMATITIS

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INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN

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DYSCHROMIAS

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ABNORMAL COLORATIONS OF THE SKIN THAT ACCOMPANY SKIN DISORDERS ANDX ARED SYMPTOMS OF MANY SYSTEMIC DISORDERS

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ECZEMA

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AN INFLAMMATORY, UNCOMFORTABLE, AND OFTEN CHRONIC DISEASE OF THE SKIN; CHARACTERIZED BY MODERATE TO SEVERE INFLAMMATION, SCALING, AND SOMETIMES SEVERE ITCHING

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EXCORIATION

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SKIN SORE OR ABRASION PRODUCED BY SCRATCHING OR SCRAPING

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EXTRINSIC FACTORS

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PRIMARILY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO AGING AND THE APPEARANCE OF AGING

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FISSURE

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A CRACK IN THE SKIN THAT PENETRATES THE DERMIS. EXAMPLES ARE SEVERELY CRACKED AND/OR CHAPPED HANDS OR LIPS

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FREE RADICALS

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UNSTABLE MOLECULES THAT CAUSE BIOCHEMICAL AGING, ESPECIALLY WRINKLING AND SAGGING OF THE SKIN

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HERPES SIMPLEX 1

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RECURRING VIRAL INFECTIONS THAT OFTEN PRESENTS AS A FEVER BLISTER OR COLD SORE.

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HYPERHIDROSIS

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EXCESSIVE SWEATING, CAUSED BY HEAT OR GENERAL BODY WEAKNESS

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HYPERPIGMENTATION

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DARKER THAN NORMAL PIGMENTATION, APPEARING AS DARK SPLOTCHES

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HYPERTROPHY

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ABNORMAL GROWTH OF THE SKIN

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HYPOPIGMENTATION

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ABSENCE OF PIGMENT, RESULTING IN LIGHT OR WHITE SPLOTCHES

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IMPETIGO

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CONTAGIOUS BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY WEEPING LESIONS; USUALLY CAUSD BY A STAPHYLOCOCCUS BACTERIA

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INTRINSIC FACTORS

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SKIN-AGING FACTORS OVER WHICH WE HAVE LITTLE CONTROL

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IRRITANT CONTACT DERMATITIS

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ABBREVIATED ICD. OCCURS WHEN IRRITATING SUBSTANCES TEMPORARILY DAMAGE THE EPIDERMIS

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KELOID

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THICK SCAR RESULTING FROM EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF FIBROUS TISSUE

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KERATOMA

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ACQUIRED, SUPERFICIAL, THICKENED

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LENTIGINES

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SINGULAR: LENTIGO. TECHNICAL TERM FOR FRECKLES- SMALL YELLOW-COLORED TO BROWN- COLORED SPOTS ON THE SKIN EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT AND AIR

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LESION

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A MARK ON THE SKIN; MAY INDICATE AN INJURY OR DAMAGE THAT CHANGES THE STRUCTURE OF TISSUES OR ORGANS

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LEUKODERMA

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SKIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY LIGHT, ABNORMAL PATCHES ( HYPOPIGMENTATION ): CAUSED BY A BURN, SCAR, INFLAMMATION, OR CONGENITAL DISEASE THAT DESTROYS THE PIGMENT-PRODUCING CELLS

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MACULE

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PLURAL: MACULAE. FLAT SPOT OR DISCOLORATION ON THE SKIN, SUCH AS A FRECKLE OR A RED SPOT LEFT AFTER A PIMPLE HAS HEALED

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MALIGMAMT MELANOMA

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MOST SERIOUS FORM OF SKIN CANCER; OFTEN CHARACTERIZED BY BLACK OR DARK BROWN PATCHES ON THE SKIN THAT MAY APPEAR UNEVEN IN TEXTURE, JAGGED, OR RAISED.

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MILIA

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BENIGN, KERATIN-FILLED CYSTS THAT CAN APPEAR JUST UNDER THE EPIDERMIS AND HAVE NO VISIBLE OPENING

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MILIARA RUBRA

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ALSO KNOWN AS PRICKLY HEAT; AN ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DISORDER OF THE SWEAT GLANDS, CHARACTERIZED BY THE ERUPTION OF SMALL, RED VESICLES AND ACCOMPANIED BY BURNING, ITCHING SKIN

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