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MedTerm chapter 3 Flashcards

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Avascular

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pertaining to without vessel or lymph

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a

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without, not

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vascul

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vessel

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-ar

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pertaining to

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cutane

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skin

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-ous

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pertaining to

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derm

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skin

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-is

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makes the word a noun

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epi

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above, upon

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lesion

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wound, injury or pathological change in body tissue

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sebace

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sebum

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sub

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under,below

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therapeut

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treatment

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ic

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pertaining to

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vascul

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vessel or lymph

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-ar

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pertainingto

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adip

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fat

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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lip

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fat

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cyte

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cell

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-oma

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tumor

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steat

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fat

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sub

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under, below

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cutane

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skin

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logist

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specialist in the study of

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dermat

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skin

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derm

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skin

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hypo

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under, below deficient

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ic

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pertaining to

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cyan

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blue

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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erythem

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red

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erthemat

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red

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-cyte

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cell

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erthr

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red

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hidr

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sweat

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-esis

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condition

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sudor

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sweat

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kerat

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horney tissue hard; cornea

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ichthy

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dry, scaly

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melan

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black

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myc

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fungus

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malacia

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softening

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onych

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nail

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nid

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nest

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pil

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hair

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trich

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hair

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scler

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hardening; sclera

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seb

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sebum, sebaceous

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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squam

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scale

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therm

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heat

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xer

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dry

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-cyte

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cell

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-derma

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skin

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-oma

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tumor

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py

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puss

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leuk

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white

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carcin

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cancer

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-phoresis

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carring, transmission

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dia

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through, across

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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–therapy

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treatment

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cry-

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cold

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hidr

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sweat

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an

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without, not

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epi

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above, upon

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homo

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same

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-graft

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transplantation

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abrasion

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sraping or rubbing away of surface (road rash)

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abscess

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collection of pus, site of infection

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furuncle

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abscess hair follicle

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carbuncle

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cluster of furuncles or hair follicles (boil)

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acne

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inflammatory disease of sebaceous follicles (blackheads,papules,pustule)

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alopecia

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loss of hair (baldness)

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First degree, superficial

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mild burn of the epidermis. resness and pain no blistered

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second- degree, partial thickness

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part of the epidermis and part of dermis. redness, blistering, larger bullae and pain little scarring

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third-degree, full thickness

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severe burn. damage to subcutaneous layer, black or dry white

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carcinoma

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uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells “cancer”

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melanoma

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malignant tumor on melanocytes “skin cancer”

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comedo

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dried sebum plugging excretory duct of skin “blackhead”

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cyst

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closed sac or pouch under the skin

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pilonidal

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growth of hair dermoid cyst

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sebaceous

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cyst filled with sebum (fatty material)

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eczema

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redness of skin swelling of the capillaries

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gangrene

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death of tissue loss of blood supply

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hemorrhage

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loss of a large amount of blood

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contusion

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hemorrhage of any size under the skin. (bruise)

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ecchymosis

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skin discoloration consisting of a large, irregular formed hemorrhagic area commonly called a bruise

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petechia

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pinpoint hemorrhagic spot of the skin

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hematoma

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elevated, localized collection of blood trapped under the skin

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hirsutism

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excessive growth of hair in unusual places, especially in women

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ichthyosis

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genetic skin disorder in which the skin is dry and scaly (fish skin)

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impetigo

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bacterial skin infection, isolated pustules that become crusted and rupture

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keloid

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overgrowth of scar tissue

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psoriasis

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chronic skin disease, itchy red patches with silvery scales

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scabies

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contagious skin disease, itch mite

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skin lesions

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pathologically altered tissue caused by disease, injury due to ext or int disease

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tinea

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fungal infection commonly indicates body part ex. tinea pedis (athletes foot)

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ulcer

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lesion of the skin

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pressure ulcer

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skin lesion caused by prolonged pressure in a person that is bedridden

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urticaria

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allergic reaction of the skin, wheals or hives

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verruca

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rounded epidermal growth. virus (wart)

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vesicle

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small blister like elevation clear fluid.large vesicles called bullae

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vitiligo

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localized loss of skin pigmentation. white milk patches also called leukoderma

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wheal

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smooth slightly elevated skin that is white in the center (hives)

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biopsy

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removal of a small piece of living tissue

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bio-

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life

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bi

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two

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skin test

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any test for allergen or sensitizer into the skin

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cryosurgery

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subfreezing temperature to destry abnormal tissue cells

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cry

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cold

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debridement

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removal of foreign material, damaged tissue

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fulguration

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tissue destruction with high frequency electric current. (electrodesiccation

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incision and drainage

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incision of a lesion (abscess) followed by drainage

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mohls surgery

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surgical procedure to treat skin neoplasms (cancer) removed layer by layer

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skin graft

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surgical procedure to transplant healthy tissue to injured site

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allograft

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transplant from one person to another, or homograft

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autograft

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transplant from one site to another site in the same person

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auto

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self

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allo

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other, different from normal

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synthetic

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transplant of artificial skin

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xengraft

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transplant from foreign donor (usually a pig) also called hetergraft

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xen

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foriegn

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Bx or bx

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biopsy

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CA

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cancer, chronological age; cardiac arrest

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Derm

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dermatology

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FH

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family history

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I&D

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incision and drainage; irrigation and debridement

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IM

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intramusclar

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IMP

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impression

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PE

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phycial examination; pulmonary embolism; pressure equalizing

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SCC

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squamous cell carcinoma

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UV

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ultraviolet

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WBC

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white blood count

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Bartholin gland

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mucus gland at vagina opening

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