Skin Flashcards
1
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albin / o
A
white
2
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caus / o
A
burn, burning
3
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cuter / o
A
heat, burn
4
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cutane / o
A
skin
5
Q
derm / o, dermat / o
A
skin
6
Q
diaphor / o
A
profuse sweating
7
Q
erythem / o
A
redness
8
Q
erythmat / o
A
redness
9
Q
hidr /o
A
sweat
10
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ichthy / o
A
dry, scaly or fish like
11
Q
kerat / o
A
hard
12
Q
melan / o
A
black
13
Q
myc / o
A
fungus
14
Q
onych / o
A
nail
15
Q
phyt / o
A
plant
16
Q
pil / o
A
hair
17
Q
py / o
A
pus
18
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rhytid /o
A
wrinkle
19
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seb /o
A
sebum , oily secretion from sebaceous gland
20
Q
squam / o
A
scale like
21
Q
trich / o
A
hair
22
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ungu / o
A
nail
23
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xanth / o
A
yellow
24
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xer / o
A
dry (xerosis very dry skin)
25
crust
collection of dried serum and cellar debris
26
cyst
Thick-walled, close sac or pouch containing fluid semisolid material
27
erosion
wearing away of loose epidermis
28
fissure
groove or crack like sore
29
macule
Flat, pigmented lesion measuring less than 1 cm in diameter
30
nodule
solid, round or oval elevated lesion 1 cm in diameter
31
papule
small, round (less than 1 cm in diameter), solid elevation of the skin
32
pustule
papule containing puss
33
ulcer
open sore on the skin or mucous membranes (deeper erosion)
34
vesicle
small collection of clear fluid or serum; blister
35
wheal
smooth, edematous (swollen) papule or plaque that is centrally redder than the surrounding skin.
36
alopecia
absence of hair from where it normally grows
37
ecchymosis
blueish purple mark on the skin. Bruise
38
petechia
small pinpoint hemorrhage
39
pruritus
itching
40
cellulitis
diffuse, acute infection of the skin marked by local heat, redness, pain and swelling
41
impetigo
bacterial inflammatory skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules and crusted over lesions
42
psoriasis
Chronic recurrent dermatosis marked by itchy, scaly and red plaques covered by silver grey scales
43
scleroderma
chronic progressive disease of the skin and internal organs with hardening and shrinking of connective tissue
44
systemic lupus erythematosus SLE
chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of collagen in the skin joints and internal organs
45
tinea
infection of the skin caused by fungus
46
vitiligo
loss of pigment in areas of the skin
47
keloid
excess hypertrophied, thickened scar developing after trauma or surgery
48
keratosis
thickened and rough lesion of the epidermis; associated with aging or skin damage.
49
Leukoplakia
white thickened patches of mucous membrane tissue of the tongue or cheek
50
nevus
pigmented lesion of skin
51
verruca
epidermal growth (wart) caused by a virus
52
basal cell carcinoma
malignant tumor of the basal cell layer of the epidermis
53
squamous cell carcinoma
malignant tumor of the squamous epithelial cells in the epidermis
54
kaposi sarcoma
malignant, vascular, neoplastic growth characterized by cutaneous nodules
55
BCC
basal cell carcinoma
56
Bx
biopsy
57
Derm
dermatology
58
SCC
squamous cell carcinoma
59
SLE
systemic lupus erythematosus
60
subQ
subcutaneous
