Terms Flashcards
expectorate
to cough up
hemoptysis
coughing up blood
epistaxis
nose bleed
diathesis
a tendency to suffer from a particular medical condition. For example, a bleeding diathesis is an unusually susceptibility (tendency) to bleeding (hemorrhage), usually due to hypocoaguability.
excoriations
a scratch or abrasion of the skin
Another name for LPS
endotoxin
diaphoresis
sweating
suppurative
producing, or causing the production of, pus
purulent
consisting of, containing, or discharging pus
abscess
a localized collection of pus
bulla
a large, fluid-filled blister >1 cm in diameter. It can be a single compartment, or be multiloculated (having many small cavities or cells). The adjective is ‘bullous’.
ecchymoses
bruises
dermatosis
another name for skin disease
erythema
the name given to red skin due to increased blood supply. May be applied to any red-colored dermatosis.
follicular
follicular distribution of a dermatosis refers to individual lesions that arise from hair follicles, i.e., acne. These may be grouped into confluent plaques.
herpetiform
a herpetiform eruption means it looks like a herpes infection, with grouped umbilicated vesicles.
hyperplasia
the enlargement of a tissue due to an increase in cell numbers
hypopigmentation
refers to skin that is paler than normal
indolent
causing little or no pain
enophthalmos
A posterior displacement of the eye within the orbit. Horners syndrome can produce an apparent enopthalmos due to ptosis
hyperemia
increase in blood flow (to a tissue or organ) that is associated with increased metabolic activity of the tissue or organ
