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How does contact dermatitis result?

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From direct contact with irritants or allergens, including soaps, detergent, cleaning products and solvents

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What is atopic or allergic dermatitis due to?

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Due to allergens that include nickel, jewelry, perfume, cosmetics, poison ivy, and latex

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Eczema

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When the itchy skin is scratched, it becomes excoriated and produces a dry red scaly patch stick of eczema

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Seborrheic dermatitis

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Produces a red rash over laid with a yellow oily scale and is common with people with oily skin or hair

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Stasis Dermatitis

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Occurs in the lower leg when varicose veins slow the return of blood, and the accumulation of fluid interferes with the nourishment of the skin

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Allergen

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Substance producing a hypersensitivity (allergic) reaction

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all- (r)

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strange, other

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-erg- (r)

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work, activity

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Allergenic

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Pertaining to the capacity to produce an allergic reaction

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Allergy /allergic

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Hypersensitivity to an allergen pertaining to being hypersensitive

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Atpoy

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State of hypersensitivity to an allergen – allergic

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Dermatitis

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Inflammation of the skin

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Eczema

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Inflammatory skin disease often with a serious discharge

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Eczematous

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Two or marked by eczema

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Excoriate

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To scratch

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ex- (p)

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Away from

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-ate (s)

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Pertaining to

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-cori- (r)

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Skin

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excoriation

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Scratch mark

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Pruritus

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itching

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prurit- (r)

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itch

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Antipruritic

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Medication against itching

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Rash

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Skin irruption

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Seborrhea

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Excess of amount of sebum

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-rrhea (s)

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flow

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seb/o (r/cf)

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sebum

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Stasis

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Stagnation in the flow of any body fluid

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Vesicle

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Small sack containing liquid (blister)

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Congenital

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Present at birth

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Con- (p)

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With

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-genit- (r)

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Bring fourth

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Decubitus ulcer(pressure ulcer)

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So caused by laying down for long periods of time

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-cubitus (r)

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Lying down

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Ulcer (r)

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Sore

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Herpes zoster (shingles)

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Painful eruption of vesicles that follow a nerve root on one side of the body

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Macule

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Small flat spot or patch on the skin

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Malignant

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Tumor that invades surrounding tissues and metastasizes distant organs

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-ant (s)

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Forming, pertaining to

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Malign (r)

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Harm, bad

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-ancy

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State of

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Melanin

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Black pigment found in skin hair and retina

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Melanoma

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Malignant neoplasm formed from cells that produce melanin

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Metastasis

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Spread of disease from one part of the body to another

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Metastasize

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To spread to distant parts

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Meta- (p)

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Beyond, subsequent to

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-stasis

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Stagnant ,staying in one place

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-ize

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Affect in a specific way

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Nevus

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Congenital lesion of the skin (more birthmark)

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Papillomavirus

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Virus that causes warts and is associated with skin cancer

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Papule

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Circumscribed elevation on the skin (pimple)

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Verruca

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Caused by a virus

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-oma

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Mass ,tumor

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Candida

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A yeast like fungus

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Candidiasis

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Infection with the yeast like fungus

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Candida albicans

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Thrush

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Carbuncle

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Infection of many hair follicles in a small area often on the back of the neck

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Cellulitis

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Infection of subcutaneous connective tissue

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Contagious

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Can be transmitted from person to person or from a person to a surface to a person

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Fungus

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General term used to describe yeasts and molds

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Impetigo

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Infection of the skin producing thick yellow crusts

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Infection

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Invasion of the body by disease producing microorganisms

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Infect- (r)

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Internal invasion, infection

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Infectious

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Capable of being transmitted or disease caused by the action of a microorganism

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Infestation

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Act of being invaded on the skin by troublesome species, such as a parasite

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Infest

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Invade

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louse (lice)

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Parasitic insect

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Mucocutaneous

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Junction of skin and mucous membrane(the lips)

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Necrotizing fasciitis

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Inflammation of fascia producing death of the tissue

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Parasite

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And we organism that itself to live on or in and derives its nutrition from another species

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Pediculosis

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An infestation with lice

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pedicul-

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louse (lice)

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Scabies

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Skin disease produced by mites

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Tinea

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General term for a group of related skin infections caused by different species of fungi

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Toxin

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Poisonous substance formed by cell or organism

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tox-

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poison

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Toxicity

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The state of being poisonous

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HIV

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Human immuno deficiency virus

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SLE

A

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Medical Terminology (14 decks)

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