Skin Chapter Flashcards
Diaphoresis
Condition of perfuse sweating
Erythema
Condition of redness of the skin
Anhidrosis
Condition of without sweat
Ichthyosis
Condition of dry scaly skin
Keratosis
Thickened and rough lesions of the epidermis
Leukoplakia
Plaques of white blood cells in the mouth
Lipoma
Malignant tumor of fat
Liposuction
Removal of subcutaneous fat tissue
Melanocyte
Cell of black
Melanoma
Malignant skin tumor
Mycosis
Condition of fungus
Onycholysis
Separation of the nail plate from the nail bed in fungal infections or after trauma
Onychomycosis
Fungal infection of the nail
Paronychia
Inflammation and swelling of the soft tissue around the nail and is associated with torn cuticles or ingrown nails
Dermatophytosis
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Pilosebaceous
Pertaining to a hair follicle glands that secrete sebum
Pyoderma
Plus within the skin
Rhytidectomy
Removal of a wrinkle
Seborrhea
Excessive secretion from sebaceous glands which secrete sebum
Squamous epithelium
Cells are flat in scalelike
Steatoma
Tumor of fat cystic collection of sebum that forms in a sebaceous gland
Hypertrichosis
Condition of above hair growth
Subungual
Pertaining to below the new
Xanthoma
Tumor of yellow liquid under the skin.
Xerosis
Condition of very dry skin
Epidermolysis
Breakdown of the skin
