LS-3 Dermatology Complaints Flashcards

Medical Terminology

1
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Dermatalgia/

dermatodynia

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Painful rash

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2
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Pruritus

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itchy

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3
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Hives

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urticaria

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4
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Oily secretion

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seborrhea

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5
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Dry Rash

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xerosis

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6
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Very Wet (rash)

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Macerate

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7
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(Producing) to much sweat

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hyperhidrosis

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8
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(producing) not enough sweat

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anhidrosis

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9
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Loss of pigment

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depigmentation

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10
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darkening of the skin

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hypermelanosis

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11
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lacking pigment

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albinism

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12
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Hair loss/baldness

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alopecia

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13
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too much hair

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hypertrichosis

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14
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abrasion

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away/scrape

scraping away skin

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15
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albinism

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albin/ism

white condition

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16
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albino

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person afflicted with albinism

17
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anhidrosis

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no/sweat/condition

lack of sweating

18
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comedo

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hair follicle plugged with sebum (black head, white head)

19
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cyanidrosis

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blue sweat

20
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blue sweat condition

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cyan/idr/osis

21
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depigmentation

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away/pigment/condition

loss of pigmentation

22
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dermatodynia

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dermatolo/dynia

skin/pain

23
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dermatolysis

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dermato\/lysis
skin/loose
(loose skin)

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hemathidrosis

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hemat/hidr/osis
blood/sweat/condition
sweating blood

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hidropoiesis
hidro/poiesis | sweat/formation
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hyperkeratosis
hyper/kerat/osis over/horny/condition excessive growth of horny skin
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hypermelanosis
hyper/melan/osis | over/black/condition
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hyperpigmentation
excessive pigment in the skin
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hypomelanosis
under/black/condition | diminished melanin in the skin
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hypopigmentation
under/pigment/condition
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leukoderma
white skin
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macerate
TO MAKE SOFT | to soften the skin
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onychophagia
eating or biting the nails
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rhytidermia
rhyme/dermia | wrinkle/skin
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seborrhea
sebo/rrhea | oil/discharge
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trichomegaly
trick/megaly hair/enlargement (abnormally thick hair)
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Urticaria
swollen raised itchy areas of the skin
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xeroderma
xero/derma | dry/skin
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xerosis
xer/osis | dry/condition