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Dermatology Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Excoriation

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Loss of epidermis following trauma

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Lichenification

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Well-defined roughening of the skin with accentuation of skin markings

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Scales

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Flakes of stratum corneum

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Crust

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Rough surface consisting of dried serum, blood, bacteria & cellular debris, that has exuded through an eroded epidermis

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Scar

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New fibrous tissue which occurs post wound healing, may be atrophic, hypertrophic or keloidal

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Koebner phenomenon

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A linear eruption arising at the site of trauma

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Ulcer

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Loss of epidermis and dermis

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Fissure

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Epidermal crack through to dermis (often due to excessive dryness)

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Striae

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Linear areas which progress from pink to white, with the histopathalogical appearance of a scar

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Macule

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Flat area of altered colour <1 cm in diameter

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Patch

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Flat area of altered colour or texture >1cm in diameter

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Papule

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Small, raised lesion <1cm in diameter

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Nodule

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Solid, raised lesion >1cm in diameter with a deeper component

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Plaque

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Palpable, scaling, raised lesion >1cm in via,eter

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Vesicle

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Small blister

Raised, clear fluid filled lesions <1cm diameter

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Bulla

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Large blister >1cm in diameter

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Pustule

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Pus containing lesion, small and circumscribed

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Abscess

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Localised accumulation of pus on the dermis or subcutaneous tissues

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Wheal

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Transient raised lesion due to dermal oedema, demarcated but not stable borders

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Erythema

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Redness (inflammation and vasodilation) which blanches under pressure

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Petechiae

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Red or purple in colour which does not blanch on pressure 1-2 mm in diameter

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Purpura

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Red or purple in colour, non blanching (2-10mm in diameter)

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Ecchymoses

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Non blanching rash >10 mm

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Genralised distribution

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All over the body

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Widespread

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Extensive

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Localised

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Restricted to one are of skin only

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Flexural

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Body folds

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Extensors

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Knees, elbows and shins

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Intertriginous

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Affecting skin folds

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Pressure areas

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Sacrum, buttocks, ankles and heels

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Dermatome

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Area of skin supplied by a single spinal nerve

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Photosensitive

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Sun exposed areas such as the face, neck and back of hands

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Discrete lesions

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Individual lesions separated from each other

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Confluent lesions

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Lesions merging together

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Linear lesions

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In a line

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Target lesions

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Concentric rings (like a dartboard)

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ANnular

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Like a circle or ring with different morphology on edges vs inner

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DIscoid

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Round lesions with continuous colouration

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Hypopigmentations

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Areas of paler skin

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Depigmentation

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White skin due to an absence of melanin

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Hyperpigmentation

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Darker skin

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Vitiligo

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Autoimmune attack on melanocytes, usually in localised, symmetrical areas; associated with thyroid disease & T1DM

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ALopecia

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Autoimmune attack on hair follicles causing hair loss

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Hirsutism

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Androgen- dependant hair growth in a female

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Hypertrichosis

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Non-androgen dependant pattern of excessive hair growth

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Clubbing

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Loss of angle between the posterior nail fold and nail plate

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Koilonychia

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Spoon shaped depression of the nail plate.

IDA, congenital, idiopathic

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Onycholysis

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Separation of the distal end of the nail plate from nail bed. Trauma, psoriasis, fungal nail infections, hyperthyroidism

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Pitting

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Punctate depression of the nail plate. Psoriasis, eczema, alopecia areata

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