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LS-3 Dermatology Complaints Flashcards

Medical Terminology

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Dermatalgia/

dermatodynia

A

Painful rash

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Pruritus

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itchy

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Hives

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urticaria

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Oily secretion

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seborrhea

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Dry Rash

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xerosis

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Very Wet (rash)

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Macerate

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(Producing) to much sweat

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hyperhidrosis

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(producing) not enough sweat

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anhidrosis

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Loss of pigment

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depigmentation

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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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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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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

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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

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depigmentation

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away/pigment/condition

loss of pigmentation

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dermatodynia

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dermatolo/dynia

skin/pain

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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

25
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hidropoiesis

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hidro/poiesis

sweat/formation

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hyperkeratosis

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hyper/kerat/osis
over/horny/condition
excessive growth of horny skin

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hypermelanosis

A

hyper/melan/osis

over/black/condition

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hyperpigmentation

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excessive pigment in the skin

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hypomelanosis

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under/black/condition

diminished melanin in the skin

30
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hypopigmentation

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under/pigment/condition

31
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leukoderma

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white skin

32
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macerate

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TO MAKE SOFT

to soften the skin

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onychophagia

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eating or biting the nails

34
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rhytidermia

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rhyme/dermia

wrinkle/skin

35
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seborrhea

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sebo/rrhea

oil/discharge

36
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trichomegaly

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trick/megaly
hair/enlargement
(abnormally thick hair)

37
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Urticaria

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swollen raised itchy areas of the skin

38
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xeroderma

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xero/derma

dry/skin

39
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xerosis

A

xer/osis

dry/condition

Medical Terminology Test 1 (10 decks)

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