Ch 3 - Integumentary System

adip/o

fat

lip/o

fat

steat/o

fat

cutane/o

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

pll/o

hair

trich/o

hair

hidr/o

sweat

squam/o

scale

lnych/o

nail

ungu/o

nail

seb/o

oil

sebace/o

oil

crypt/o

hidden

kert/o

hard, horny

xer/o

dry

xanth/o

yellow

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

alb/o

white

melan/o

black

abrasion

scraping away from the skin

albinism

definition lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white

albino

definition of a person afflicted with albinism

ab

away

rasion

scrape

albin

white

ism

condition

alopecia

baldness

anhidrosis

lack of sweating

comedo

a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (black head, white head)

cyanhidrosis

blue sweat

depigmentation

loss of pigmentation

dermatalgia

skin pain

dermatodynia

skin pain

dermatolysis

loose skin

erythema

redness

erythroderma

red skin

hemathldrosis

sweating blood

hedropolesis

formation of sweat

hyperhidrosis

excessive sweating

hyperkertosis

excessive growth of horny skin

hypermelanosis

excessive melanin in the skin

hyperpigmentation

excessive pigment of the skin

hypohidrosis

diminished sweating

hypomelanosis

diminished melanin of the skin

hypopigmentation

diminished pigment of the skin

leukoderma

white skin

macerate

to soften the skin

onychophagia

eating or biting the nails

pruritus

an itch

rhytidermia

wrinkled skin

sebopolesis

formation of oil

seborrhea

discharge of oil

trichomegaly

abnormally thick hair

urticaria

swollen raised itchy areas of the skin

xanthoderma

yellow skin

xeroderma

dry skin

xerosis

condition of dryness

macule, macula

small, flat, discolored area

patch

larger, flat, discolored area

papule

small or solid elevated mass

plaque

a solid mass on the surface of the skin

nodule

solid mass that extends deeper into the skin

tumor

a larger solid mass

vesicle

a smaller blister

bulla

bubble

pustule

pus-filled blister

abscess

localized collection of pus in the body

erosion

loss of skin

ulcer

a sore

excoriation

scratch

fissure

a crack in the skin

scale

skin flaking off

crust

dried substance

vascular lesion

wounds related to blood vessels

cherry angioma

small blood vessel tumor

telangiectasia (spider angioma)

overexpansion of the end of a blood vessel; sometimes called a spider angioma because of how it looks on the skin

ptechia

small bruise

ecchymosis

larger bruise

cicatrix

scar

keloid

overgrowth of scar tissue

epidermal tumors

tumor on the skin

nevus

mole

dysplastic nevus

mole with bad changes/formations (often precancerous)

verruca

wart

culture and sensitivity (C&S)

growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs they might respond to

biopsy (Bx)

removal of tissue in order to examine it (with your own two eyes)

excisional biopsy

removal of an entire lesion for examination

incisional biopsy

removal of a portion of a lesion for examination

dermatoscope

instrument used to look at the skin

dermatoscopy

procedure for looking at the skin

adipocele

a hemia filled with fatty tissue

dermatofibroma

a fibrous skin tumor

erythrocyanosis

a red and/or blue discoloration of the skin

keratogenic

causing horny tissue development

keratosis

horny tissue condition

necrosis

tissue death

onychia

a nail condition