CHAPTER 8 VOCABULARY

Question 1

ACNE

Answer 1

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

Question 2

ALBINISM

Answer 2

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

Question 3

ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS

Answer 3

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

Question 4

ANAEROBIC

Answer 4

CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN

Question 5

ANHIDROSIS

Answer 5

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

Question 6

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

Answer 6

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

Question 7

BROMHIDROSIS

Answer 7

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

Question 8

BULLA

Answer 8

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

Question 9

CHLOASMA

Answer 9

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

Question 10

CICATRIX

Answer 10

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

Question 11

CONJUNCTIVITIS

Answer 11

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

Question 12

CONTACT DERMATITIS

Answer 12

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

Question 13

CRUST

Answer 13

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

Question 14

CYST

Answer 14

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

Question 15

DERMATITIS

Answer 15

INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN

Question 16

DYSCHROMIAS

Answer 16

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

Question 17

ECZEMA

Answer 17

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

Question 18

EXCORIATION

Answer 18

SKIN SORE OR ABRASION PRODUCED BY SCRATCHING OR SCRAPING

Question 19

EXTRINSIC FACTORS

Answer 19

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

Question 20

FISSURE

Answer 20

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

Question 21

FREE RADICALS

Answer 21

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

Question 22

HERPES SIMPLEX 1

Answer 22

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

Question 23

HYPERHIDROSIS

Answer 23

EXCESSIVE SWEATING, CAUSED BY HEAT OR GENERAL BODY WEAKNESS

Question 24

HYPERPIGMENTATION

Answer 24

DARKER THAN NORMAL PIGMENTATION, APPEARING AS DARK SPLOTCHES

Question 25

HYPERTROPHY

Answer 25

ABNORMAL GROWTH OF THE SKIN

Question 26

HYPOPIGMENTATION

Answer 26

ABSENCE OF PIGMENT, RESULTING IN LIGHT OR WHITE SPLOTCHES

Question 27

IMPETIGO

Answer 27

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

Question 28

INTRINSIC FACTORS

Answer 28

SKIN-AGING FACTORS OVER WHICH WE HAVE LITTLE CONTROL

Question 29

IRRITANT CONTACT DERMATITIS

Answer 29

ABBREVIATED ICD. OCCURS WHEN IRRITATING SUBSTANCES TEMPORARILY DAMAGE THE EPIDERMIS

Question 30

KELOID

Answer 30

THICK SCAR RESULTING FROM EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF FIBROUS TISSUE

Question 31

KERATOMA

Answer 31

ACQUIRED, SUPERFICIAL, THICKENED

Question 32

LENTIGINES

Answer 32

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

Question 33

LESION

Answer 33

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

Question 34

LEUKODERMA

Answer 34

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

Question 35

MACULE

Answer 35

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

Question 36

MALIGMAMT MELANOMA

Answer 36

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.

Question 37

MILIA

Answer 37

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

Question 38

MILIARA RUBRA

Answer 38

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