Skin Conditions And Terms

Question 1

Homograft (allograft)

Answer 1

Skin transplant taken from another member of the patient’s species

Question 2

Heterograft

Answer 2

Skin transplant taken from a species other than the patient’s.

Question 3

Xenograft

Answer 3

Skin transplant taken from a species other than the patient’s.

Question 4

Macule, macula

Answer 4

Freckle

Question 5

Patch (vitiligo)

Answer 5

Larger, flat, discolored are

Big freckle

Question 6

Papule

Answer 6

A small solid mass (pimple)

Question 7

Plaque

Answer 7

A solid mass on the surface of the skin

Question 8

Nodule

Answer 8

A solid mass that extends deeper into the skin

Question 9

Tumor

Answer 9

A larger solid mass

Question 10

Vesicle

Answer 10

A smaller fluid or air filled blister

Question 11

Bulla

Answer 11

A larger blister

Question 12

Pustule

Answer 12

Pus- filled blister

Question 13

Abscess

Answer 13

A localized collection of pus in the body

Question 14

ABCDE

Answer 14

Asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving

Question 15

AK

Answer 15

Actinic Keratosis

Question 16

BCC

Answer 16

Basal cell carcinoma

Question 17

Bx

Answer 17

Biopsy

Question 18

C&S

Answer 18

Culture and sensitivity

Question 19

Decub

Answer 19

Decubitus ulcer

Question 20

Derm

Answer 20

Dermatology

Question 21

EAHF

Answer 21

Eczema, asthma, hay fever

Question 22

FS

Answer 22

Frozen section

Question 23

ID

Answer 23

Intradermal

Question 24

SC, SQ, subcut

Answer 24

Subcutaneous

Question 25

SCC

Answer 25

Squamous cells carcinoma

Question 26

TD

Answer 26

Transdermal

Question 27

XP

Answer 27

Xeroderma pigmentosa

Question 28

Autograft

Answer 28

Skin transplant taken from a different place on the patient's body