Dematology Terminology

Question 1

Colitis

Answer 1

An inflammatory reaction in the colon, often autoimmune or infectious.

Question 2

Diabetes mellitus

Answer 2

A group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood, or high blood glucose.
Most common types:
Type 2 diabetes: A chronic condition that affects the way the body processes blood sugar (glucose).
Type 1 diabetes: A chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
Prediabetes: A condition in which blood sugar is high, but not high enough to be type 2 diabetes.
Gestational diabetes: A form of high blood sugar affecting pregnant women.

Question 3

Diaphoresis

Answer 3

sweating, especially to an unusual degree as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug

Question 4

Enteritis

Answer 4

inflammation of the intestine, especially the small intestine, usually accompanied by diarrhea

Question 5

Erythematous

Answer 5

Redness of the skin or mucous membranes, caused by hyperemia of superficial capillaries. It occurs with any skin injury, infection, or inflammation.

Question 6

histiocytoma

Answer 6

benign skin tumor that originates in the Langerhans cells, immune cells that function to provide protective immunity to the tissues that are in contact with the outer environment – the nose, stomach, intestines and lungs, but mainly the skin’s surface.

Question 7

Macules

Answer 7

a distinct spot, such as a discolored spot on the skin.
an oval yellowish area surrounding the fovea near the center of the retina in the eye. It is the region of greatest visual acuity.

Question 8

Papules

Answer 8

small, raised, solid pimple or swelling, often forming part of a rash on the skin and typically inflamed but not producing pus.

Question 9

Pruritus

Answer 9

severe itching of the skin, as a symptom of various ailments.

Question 10

Psoriasis

Answer 10

A skin disease marked by red, itchy, scaly patches.

Question 11

Sclerosed

Answer 11

an induration or hardening, especially of a part from inflammation, or in disease of the interstitial substance. The term is used chiefly for such a hardening of the nervous system due to hyperplasia of the connective tissue or for hardening of the blood vessels

Question 12

Syncope

Answer 12

temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure (fainting)

Question 13

Vulgaris

Answer 13

Being of the usual type; common.

Question 14

Bartholin Gland

Answer 14

aka “greater vestibular glands” Two pea sized compound racemose glands located slightly posterior and to the left and right of the opening of the vagina. They secrete mucus to lubricate the vagina and are homologous to bulbourethral glands in males.