Skin, Endocrine, Multiple Body System

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Essentially the armpit, but including also the nerves, vessels, lymph nodes, and tissue structures therein

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Axilla (ae)

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A large vesicle usually 2 cm. Or larger, containing fluid

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Bulla (ae)

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A chronic, generalized eruption of bullae over the skin, resembling but distinguished from pemphigus; usually seen in elderly adults, but rarely seen in children

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Bullous pemphigoid

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Pertaining to the skin

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Cutaneous

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An abnormal sac containing gas, fluid, or a semi-solid material with a membranous lining

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Cyst

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Any inflammation of the skin

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Dermatitis

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A superficial inflammation primarily of the epidermis, characterized in the early stages by redness, itching, minute papules and vesicles, weeping, oozing and crusting; later by scaling, lichenification, and pigmentation

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Eczema

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Redness of the skin produced by congestion and dilation of surface capillaries; resulting from a variety of causes

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Erythema

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Abnormal redness of the skin usually widespread over the body this may be a phase of exfoliative dermatitis

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Erythroderma

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A skin condition evolving from any of several proceedings skin disorders such as cirrhosis or drug reaction and characterized by erythemaCovering virtually the entire body with subsequent shedding of the damage skin

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Exfoliative dermatitis

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A cracker split in the superficial tissue

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Fissure

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To produce fungus like growths, to grow rapidly as does a fungus

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Fungate

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The disease of the apocrine sweat glands located in the axilla and perineum marked by chronic draining and sinus tract formation and the deeper layers of cutaneous tissue

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Hidradenitis suppurativa

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Any skin disease characterized by fishlike or plate like scales

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Ichthyosis

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Any injury, damage, or abnormal change to tissue or organ this is the general nonspecific term

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Lesion

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Any disease caused by a fungus

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Mycotic infection

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Term for a group of skin diseases characterized by successive crops of bullae, the specific type indicated by a modifying term

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Pemphigus

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Abnormally heightened reactivity to sunlight or ultraviolet light

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Photosensitivity

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Itching

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Pruritis

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The chronic, hereditary, recurrent skin disorder, the distinctive lesions of which are vivid red macules, papules, or Placke’s covered by a silvery skills; usually involving the scalp and the extensor surfaces of the limbs, especially of the elbows, knees, and other pressure points, but which may involve any skin area

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Psoriasis

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Purpleish or brownish red skin discoloration caused by hemorrhage into the tissue

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Purpura

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Consisting of or containing puss

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Purulent

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An abnormal channel or track permitting the escape of pus

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Sinus

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Under the skin

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Subcutaneous

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Sweat glands

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Sudoriferous glands

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Sudoriferous glands

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Sweat glands

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To result in a loss of surface layers of the skin, leaving a denuded area

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Ulcerate

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A small, less than 1 cm, blister; a small elevation of the skin containing fluid

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Vesicle

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A rare pigmentary and a trophic disease in which there is extreme cutaneous photosensitivity to ultraviolet light, as a result of a deficient enzyme in the excisional repair of ultraviolet damaged DNA

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Xeroderma pigmentosum

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Pathological accumulation of acids in the blood; can occur in severe DM

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Acidosis

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Adrenocortical insufficiency characterized by bronze like skin pigmentation, severe prostration, low blood pressure and digestive disturbances

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Addison disease

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Endocrine gland situated in the retrooperational tissues above each kidney; consists of an outer portion, cortex, and an inner portion, medulla

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Adrenal gland

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Unconsciousness resulting from accumulation of toxic metabolites in severe acidosis

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Coma, diabetic

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A condition characterized by rounding up the face, neck and trunk, kyphosis do the softening of the spine, dusky complexion of purple markings and hypertension. It could be the result of hyperfunctioning of the adrenal cortex or of the exposure to high levels of corticosteroids as part of the medical treatment. When it Results from excessive secretion of adrenocorticotrophic hormone by pituitary adenoma, it is known as Cushing disease.

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Cushing syndrome

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A disorder caused by hypofunction of the posterior pituitary gland characterized by great thirst and the passage of a large amount of dilute urine with no excess sugar. Blood sugar levels are normal

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Diabetes insipidus

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A disorder resulting from failure of the pancreas to produce sufficient insulin or an inability of the cells to react to insulin. Excess sugars buildup in the blood, hyperglycemia, with resulting sugar in the urine. Symptoms include increased thirst, urinary frequency.

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diabetes mellitus

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Originating in the body – as in endogenous obesity

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Endogenous

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Having a cause external to the body

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Exogenous

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Protruding eyeballs, often caused by thyroid dysfunction, usually hypothyroidism

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Exophthalmos

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Nerve or muscle dysfunction in the stomach. Causes slow digestion and emptying, vomiting, nausea or bloating. Also Cole delayed gastric emptying

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Gastroparesis

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The most common of the body sugars

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Glucose

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Enlargement of thyroid gland, causing swelling in the front of the neck.

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Goiter

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A form of hypothyroidism

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Graves’ disease

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Abnormal hairiness, especially in women

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Hirsutism

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A chemical substance that stimulates certain body activities

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Hormone

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Prefix indicating excessive

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Hyper

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Excessive concentration of sodium in the blood

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Hypernatremia

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Prefix indicating deficient

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Hypo

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A hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates sugar in metabolism

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Insulin

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A functional disturbance or pathological change in the peripheral nervous system

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Neuropathy

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The gland that produces insulin, it also produces digestive juices; it is situated behind the stomach

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Pancreas

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Four small glands located near the thyroid whose major function is the regulation of metabolism of calcium and phosphorus

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Parathyroid glands

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An endocrine gland divided into two lobes, anterior and posterior, located near the base of the brain; often called the governing endocrine gland of the body

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Pituitary gland

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Combining form meaning many or much

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Poly

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Excessive thirst

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Polydipsia

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Excessive or voracious eating

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Polyphagia

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Passage of an abnormally large volume of urine

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Polyuria

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The ability to sense the position, orientation, location and movement of the body and its parts

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Proprioception

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Any non-inflammatory disease of the retina

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Retinopathy

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And endocrine glands situated in the lower front of the neck which regulates metabolism

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Thyroid gland

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The major hormone elaborated by the thyroid glands and made synthetically for the treatment of thyroid disorders

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Thyroxine, T4

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A surgical treatment for diabetic retinopathy and which vitreous gel that is obscured with blood is removed from the eye and replaced with a Saline solution

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Virectomy

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Removal and examination of tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes

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Biopsy

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The part of the cell nucleus containing hereditary material, genes.

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Chromosome

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Present or existing at birth

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Congenital

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A malformation present at birth

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Congenital anomaly

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A set of mental and physical symptoms that result from having an extra copy or translocated part of chromosome 21

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Down syndrome

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A fold of the skin of the upper eyelid that partially covers the inner corner of the eye

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Epicanthic fold

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This is an injury, damage or abnormal change and a portion of tissue

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Lesion

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This is a form of a disorder in which some cells have the normal number, 46, of chromosomes and the other or abnormal with 47 chromosomes

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Mosaic down syndrome

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This is the most common form of down syndrome in which an extra copy of chromosome 21 is attached to a different chromosomes in all cells, chromosome 21 trisomy, or an extra copy of chromosome 21 is attached to a different chromosomes and all cells, chromosome 21 translocation.

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Nonmosaic down syndrome

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The abnormal condition in which there is an extra chromosome and in all cells, resulting in 47 chromosomes. Physicians can diagnose this condition by examining tissue or blood cells to determine the number of chromosomes.

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Trisomy