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vocabulary Flashcards

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excoriation

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MACRO: traumatic lesion breaking the epidermis and causing a raw linear area (deep scratch); often self-induced

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lichenification

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MACRO: thickened, rough skin (similar to lichen on a rock); usually the result of repeated rubbing

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macule

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MACRO: circumscribed, flat lesion distinguised from surrounding skin by color. 5mm in diameter or LESS

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patch

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MACRO: circumscribed, flat lesion distinguised from surrounding skin by color. GREATER THAN 5mm in diameter

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onycholysis

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MACRO: separation of nail plate from the nail bed

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papule

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MACRO: elevated dome-shaped or flat-topped lesion. 5mm or LESS across

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nodule

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MACRO: elevated dome-shaped or flat-topped lesion. GREATER THAN 5mm

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plaque

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MACRO: elevated flat-topped lesion, usually grater than 5 mm across—may be caused by coalescent papules

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pustule

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MACRO: discrete, pus-filled raised lesion

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scale

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MACRO: dry, horny, platelike excrescence (def: fancy word for an outgrowth); usually the result of imperfect cornification (process by which squamous cells develop into tougher layers of skin)

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vesicle (blister)

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MACRO: fluid-filled raised lesion 5 mm or LESS across

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bulla (blister)

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MACRO: fluid-filled raised lesion GREATER THAN 5 mm

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wheal

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MACRO: itchy, transient, elevated lesion with variable blanching and erythema formed as a result of dermal edema

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acanthosis

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MICRO: diffuse epidermal hyperplasia

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dyskeratosis

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MICRO: abnormal premature keratinization within cells below the stratum granulosum

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erosion

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MICRO: discontinuity of the skin showing incomplete loss of the epidermis

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exocytosis

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MICRO: infiltration of the epidermis by inflammatory cells

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hydropic swelling (ballooning)

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MICRO: INTRA-cellular edema of keratinocytes, often seen in viral infections

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hypergranulosis

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MICRO: hyperplasia of the stratum granulosum, often due to intense rubbing

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hyperkeratosis

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MICRO: thickening of the stratum corneum, often associated with a qualitative abnormality of the keratin

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lentiginous

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MICRO: a linear pattern of melanocyte proliferation within the epidermal basal cell layer

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papillomatosis

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MICRO: surface elevation caused by hyperplasia and enlargement of contiguous dermal papillae

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parakeratosis

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MICRO: keratinization with retained nuclei in the stratum corneum. On mucous membranes–parakeratosis is normal

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spongiosis

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MICRO: INTERcellular edema of the epidermis

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ulceration

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MICRO: discontinuity of the skin showing complete loss of the epidermis revealing dermis or subcutis

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vacuolization

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MICRO: formation of vacuoles within or adjacent to cells; often refers to basal cell-basement membrane zone area

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