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Descriptive terminology Flashcards

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1
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Itching

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Pruritus

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Area of altered skin

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Lesion

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Naevus

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Localised malformation oof tissue structures

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A plug in a sebaceous follicle containing altered sebum, bacteria and cellular debris

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Comedone

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Lesions in body folds, e.g. groin, neck, antecubital fossa

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Flexural

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Extensor

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Knees, elbows and shins

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A linear eruption arising at site of trauma

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Koebner phenomenon

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Discrete

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Individual lesions separated from one another

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Confluent

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Lesions merging together

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Annular

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Like a circle/ring

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Discoid

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Coin-shaped/round lesion

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Redness which blanches on pressure

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Erythema

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Purpura

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Red/purple non-blanching discolouration due to bleeding into skin/mucuous membrane

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Petechiae

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Small pinpoint macules of purpura

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Ecchymoses

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Larger bruise-like patches of purpura

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Macule

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Flat area of altered colour

17
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Larger flat area of altered colour or texture

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Patch

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Papule

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Solid circumscribed raised lesion, less than 0.5cm in diameter

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Nodule

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Solid raised lesion bigger than 0.5cm

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Plaque

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Palpable sclaring raised lesion more than 0.5cm in diameter

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Similarity/Difference between a vesicle and a bulla?

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Both raised lesions filled with clear fluid.

Vesicle less than 0.5cm, bulla bigger than 0.5cm

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Pus-containing lesion less than 0.5cm diameter

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Pustule

23
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Localised accumulation of pus in the dermis or subcutaneous tissue

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Abscess

24
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Transient raised lesion due to dermal oedema

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Wheal

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Furuncle

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Staph infection around/within a hair follicle

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Carbuncle

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Multiple furuncles

27
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Flakes of stratum corneum

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Scales

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Lichenification

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Well-defined roughening of skin with accentuated skin markings

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Crust

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Rough surface consisting of dried blood, serum, bacteria, debris

30
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Hyperproliferation of scar beyond wound boundary

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Keloid

31
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Loss of epidermis and dermis

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Ulcer

32
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Epidermal crack often due to dryness

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Fissure

33
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Difference between hirsutism and hypertrichosis

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Hirsutism is androgen-dependent

34
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Spoon-shaped depression of the nail plate

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Koilonychia

35
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Separation of the distal nail plate from the nail bed

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Onycholysis

36
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Punctate depressions of the nail plate

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Pitting

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