CHAPTER 8 VOCABULARY Flashcards
ACNE
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
ALBINISM
CONGENITAL HYPOPIGMENTATION, OR ABSENCE OF MELANIN PIGMENT OF THE BODY, INCLUDING THE SKIN, HAIR, AND EYES.
ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS
ABBREVIATED ACD; AN ALLERGY TO AN INGREDIENT OR A CHEMICAL, USUALLY CAUSED BY REPEATED SKIN CONTACT WITH THE CHEMICAL
ANAEROBIC
CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN
ANHIDROSIS
DEFICIENCY IN PERSPIRATION OR THE INABLITY TO SWEAT, OFTEN A RESULT OF DAMAGE TO AUTONOMIC NERVES
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
MOST COMMON AND LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER; OFTEN CHARACTERIZED BY LIGHT OR PEARLY NODULES
BROMHIDROSIS
FOUL-SMELLING PERSPIRATION, USUALLY NOTICEABLE IN THE ARMPITS OR ON THE FEET, WHICH IS GENERALLY CAUSED BY BACTERIA
BULLA
PLURAL: BULLAE. A LARGE BLISTER CONTAINING A WATERY FLUID; SIMILAR TO A VESICLE. BUT LARGER
CHLOASMA
ALSO KNOWN AS MASK OFF PREGNANCY; CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY TYPICALLY BROWN HYPERPIGMENTATION, GENERALLY ON THE FACE, WHICH IS NOT ELEVATED
CICATRIX
LIGHTLY RAISED MARK ON THE SKIN FORMED AFTER AN INJURY OR LESION OF THE SKIN HAS HEALED
CONJUNCTIVITIS
ALSO KNOWN AS PINKEYE; INFECTION OF THE EYE(S) THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY A BACTERIA OR A VIRUS; GENERALLY EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS.
CONTACT DERMATITIS
AN INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY HAVING CONTACT WITH CERTAIN CHEMICALS OR SUBSTANCES; MANY OF THESE SUBSTANCES ARE USED IN COSMETOLOGY
CRUST
DEAD CELLS THAT FORM OVER A WOUND OR BLEMISH WHILE ITIS HEALING; AN ACCUMULATION OF SEBUM AND PUS, SOMETIMES MIXED WITH EPIDERMAL MATERIAL.
CYST
CLOSED, ABNORMALLY DEVELOPED SAC THAT CONTAINS FLUID, PUS, SEMIFLUID, OR MORBID MATTER ABOVE OR BELOW THE SKIN
DERMATITIS
INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN