DERMA

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any skin disease

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Dermopathy

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used to designate conditions of the skin which are largely non-inflammatory

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Dermatosis

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Used to designate inflammatory conditions of the skin, whether due to infection, irritation, or any other cause

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Dermatitis

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Paresthesia with localized pain in the skin

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Dermatalgia

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Itching

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Pruritus

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Redness of the skin

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Erythema

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Horny growth

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Keratoses

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Pigmentary skin discolorations occurring in yellowing brown spots

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Chloasma

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Diminished or complete absence of sweat secretion

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Anhidrosis

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Diaphoresis; excessive sweating

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Hyperhydrosis

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Condition in which body is fetid

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Bromidrosis

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Hyperactivity of the sebaceous glands producing oily skin

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Seborrhea

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Prickly heat

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Miliaria

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Blackheads, discolored dried sebum plugging the secretory ducts of the skin

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Comedo, comedones

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Chafing, hyperemia of opposing skin surfaces such as at the axilla, folds of the neck, between the thighs, beneath the breasts

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Erythema intertrigo

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Deep brown or black pigmentation

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Melasma

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Whiteheads; whitish nodules, 1-2mm in diameter, that have no visible opening into the skin

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Milia

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Dilated superficial blood vessels

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Telangiectasis

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Tunnels in the epidermis; small, tortuous and long

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Burfows

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Boil; staphylococcal infection of the skin involving the sebaceous glands and hair follicle and a little of the subcutaneous fatty tissues, characterized by the formation of a tense, raised, reddened mound

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Furuncle

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Similar to boil but spreads widely in the subcutaneous fatty tissues and producing numerous sites of pointing

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Carbuncle

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Runaround; common pyogenic infection involving the folds of tissues under the fingernail

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Paronychia

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Common streptococcal infection in the pulp of the finger following a puncture, characterized by throbbing pain and swelling

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Felon

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Tuberculous skin lesions which are direct extensions of deeper tuberculous processes

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Scrofuloderma

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Absence of, or having no hair

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Atrichia, Atrichosis

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Excessive hair

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Hypertrichosis

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Freckles; collection of skin pigments

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Lentigo

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Corns; thickened skin lesions having a center core that thickens inwardly and causes pressure pains

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Clavus

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Warts and skin overgrowths/elevations formed by the hypertrophy of the papillae

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Verrucae

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Birthmark; mole

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Nevus, nevi

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An acquired skin infection characterized by milk patches

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Vitiligo