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Carcin

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Cancer

Carcinoma- a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor

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Bi

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Life

-biology

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Cryo

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Icy cold

Cryosurgery - inning liquid nitrogen or argon gas to freeze and kill abnormal tissue

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Surg

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Operate

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Cutan/e

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Skin

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Eti/o

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Cause

Etiology- the study of the cause of diseases

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Crete

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Separate

Excrete

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Integument

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Covering the body

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Gnosis

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Knowledge

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Secret

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Produce

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Thesis/ thet

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To organize/ arrange
Synthesis
Synthetic

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Vas/o

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Blood vessel

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Constrict

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Narrow

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Dilat

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Widen, open up

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Adip

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Fat

Adipose- containing fat

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Alges

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Sensation of pain

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Muscul

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Muscle

Intramuscular- within the muscle

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Kerat

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Hard protein

Kerati- protein present in the skin, hair, and nails

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Melan

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Black pigment

Melanin

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Sebac/e

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Wax

Sebaceous glands- glands in the dermis that open into hair follicles and secrete a waxy fluid called sebum

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Violet

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Violet/ bluish purple

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All

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Strange, other

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Erg

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Work, activity

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Eczem/a

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Eczema- inflammatory skin disease, often with a serious discharge

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Flora

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Latin for flower

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Wheal

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Old English for wheal

Same as hives

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Atopy

Atopic (adj)

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Greek for strangeness

State if hypersensitivity to an allergen

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Cori

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Skin

Excoriate- to scratch

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Prurit

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Itch

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Seb/o

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Sebum

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Stasis

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Greek for staying in one place

Stagnation in the flow if any body fluid

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Vesicle

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Latin for blister

Small sac containing liquid

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Cubitus

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Lying down

Decubitus ulcer- sore gotten from lying down

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Ulcer

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Sore

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Malign

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Harmful, bad

Malignant tumor

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Papill/o

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Pimple, papilla

Papillomavirus- virus that causes warts an is associated with cancer

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Papule

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Latin for pimple

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Verruca

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Latin for Wart

Wart caused by a virus

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Candid

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Candida-yeastlike fungus

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Carbuncle

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

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Impetigo

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Latin for Scabby eruption

Infection if the skin causing thick yellow crusts

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Infect

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Internal invasion

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Infest

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Invade

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Muc/o

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Mucous membrane

Mucocutaneous- junction of skin and the mucous membrane (the lips)

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Necr/o

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Death

Necrotizing fasciitis- inflammation if fascia producing death if the tissue

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Fasc/i

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Fascia

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Parasit

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Parasite

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Pedicul

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Louse

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Tox

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Poison

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Immune

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Protected from

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Psoriasis

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Greek the itch

Rash characterized by reddish, silver-scaled patches

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Kaposi sarcoma

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Form of skin cancer seen in AIDS patients

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Roscea

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Latin for rosy

Persistent erythemous rash of the central face

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Scler/o

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Hard

Scleroderma- thickening and hardening skin due to new collagen forming

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System

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The whole body

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Erythemat

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Redness

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Andr/o

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Male

Androgen- hormone that promotes masculine characteristics

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Comedo

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Latin for eat up

Too much sebum and keratin cells block the hair follicle to produce the comedo

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Cyst

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Greek for sac, bladder

Abnormal fluid-filled sac surrounded by a membrane

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Pustule

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Small protuberance on the skin containing pus

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Scar

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Fibrotic seam that firms when a wound heals

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Alopecia

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Greek for manage

Partial or complete loss of hair, naturally or from medication

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Onych/o

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Nail

Onychmycosis- fungal infection in a nail

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Myc

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Fungus

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flammat

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Flame

Inflammation

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Scald

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Latin for wash in hot water

To burn from contact with hot liquid or steam

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Shock

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German for clash

Sudden physical or mental collapse or circulatory collapse

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Graft

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Transplant

Allograft- skin transplant from another person or cadaver

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Bride

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Rubbish

Debridement- the removal or injured or necrotic tissue

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Gener

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Produce

Regenerate

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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

Blepharoplasy- surgical repair of an eyelid

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Abras

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Scrape off

Dermabrasion- removal of upper layers if akin by rotary brush

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Granul

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Small grain

Granulation- new fibrous tissue formed during wound healing

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Incis

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Cut into

Incision

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Excis

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Cut out

Excision

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Lacer

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To tear

Laceration

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Lip

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Lipid/ fat

Liposuction

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Suct

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Suck

Liposuction

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Mamm/o

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Breast

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Suture

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Latin for seam

Stitch to hold the edges of a wound during healing

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Wound

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Old English for wound

An injury that interrupts the continuity of skin or a mucous membrane

Medical Terminology Chapters 3-4 (3 decks)

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