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MOA 101 Medical Terminology > Skin > Flashcards

Skin Flashcards

1
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albin / o

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white

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caus / o

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burn, burning

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cuter / o

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heat, burn

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cutane / o

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skin

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derm / o, dermat / o

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skin

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diaphor / o

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profuse sweating

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erythem / o

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redness

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erythmat / o

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redness

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hidr /o

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sweat

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ichthy / o

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dry, scaly or fish like

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kerat / o

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hard

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12
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melan / o

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black

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13
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myc / o

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fungus

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onych / o

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nail

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phyt / o

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plant

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pil / o

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hair

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17
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py / o

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pus

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rhytid /o

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wrinkle

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seb /o

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sebum , oily secretion from sebaceous gland

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squam / o

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scale like

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21
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trich / o

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hair

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ungu / o

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nail

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xanth / o

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yellow

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24
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xer / o

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dry (xerosis very dry skin)

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crust

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collection of dried serum and cellar debris

26
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cyst

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Thick-walled, close sac or pouch containing fluid semisolid material

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erosion

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wearing away of loose epidermis

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fissure

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groove or crack like sore

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macule

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Flat, pigmented lesion measuring less than 1 cm in diameter

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nodule

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solid, round or oval elevated lesion 1 cm in diameter

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papule

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small, round (less than 1 cm in diameter), solid elevation of the skin

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pustule

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papule containing puss

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ulcer

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open sore on the skin or mucous membranes (deeper erosion)

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vesicle

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small collection of clear fluid or serum; blister

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wheal

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smooth, edematous (swollen) papule or plaque that is centrally redder than the surrounding skin.

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alopecia

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absence of hair from where it normally grows

37
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ecchymosis

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blueish purple mark on the skin. Bruise

38
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petechia

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small pinpoint hemorrhage

39
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pruritus

40
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cellulitis

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diffuse, acute infection of the skin marked by local heat, redness, pain and swelling

41
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impetigo

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bacterial inflammatory skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules and crusted over lesions

42
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psoriasis

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Chronic recurrent dermatosis marked by itchy, scaly and red plaques covered by silver grey scales

43
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scleroderma

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chronic progressive disease of the skin and internal organs with hardening and shrinking of connective tissue

44
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systemic lupus erythematosus SLE

A

chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of collagen in the skin joints and internal organs

45
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tinea

A

infection of the skin caused by fungus

46
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vitiligo

A

loss of pigment in areas of the skin

47
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keloid

A

excess hypertrophied, thickened scar developing after trauma or surgery

48
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keratosis

A

thickened and rough lesion of the epidermis; associated with aging or skin damage.

49
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Leukoplakia

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white thickened patches of mucous membrane tissue of the tongue or cheek

50
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nevus

A

pigmented lesion of skin

51
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verruca

A

epidermal growth (wart) caused by a virus

52
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basal cell carcinoma

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malignant tumor of the basal cell layer of the epidermis

53
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squamous cell carcinoma

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malignant tumor of the squamous epithelial cells in the epidermis

54
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kaposi sarcoma

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malignant, vascular, neoplastic growth characterized by cutaneous nodules

55
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BCC

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basal cell carcinoma

56
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Bx

57
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Derm

A

dermatology

58
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SCC

A

squamous cell carcinoma

59
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SLE

A

systemic lupus erythematosus

60
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subQ

A

subcutaneous

MOA 101 Medical Terminology (36 decks)

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