Chapter 3: Integumentary System

adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

fat

cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o

skin

pil/o,trich/o

hair

hidr/o

sweat

squam/o

scale

onych/o, ungu/o

nail

seb/o, sebace/o

oil

Kerato-

hardness or horniness

Xero-

Dryness

Leuko-

whiteness

Erythro-

redness

Xantho-

yellowness

Melano-

blackness

crypt/o

hidden

kerat/o

hard, horny

xer/o

dry

xanth/o

yellow

erythr/o

red

leuk/o, alb/o

white

melan/o

black

Abrasion

scraping away of skin

Albinism

Lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white

Albino

a person with albinism

Alopecia

baldness

Anhidrosis

lack of sweating

Comedo

a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (blackhead, whitehead)

Cyanidrosis

blue sweat

Depigmentation

loss of pigmentation

Dermatalgia/Dermatodynia

skin pain

Dermatolysis

loose skin

Erytheme

redness

Erythroderma

red skin

Hematidrosis

sweating blood

Hidropoiesis

the formation of sweat

Hyperhidrosis

Excessive Sweating

Hyperkeratosis

Excessive growth of horny skin

Hypermelanosis

excessive melanin in the skin

Hyperpigmentation

Excessive Pigment in the skin

Hypohidrosis

Diminished Sweating

Hypomelanosis

diminished melanin in the skin

Hypopigmentation

diminished pigment in the skin

Leukoderma

white skin

Macerate

to soften the skin

Onychophagia

eating or biting the nails

Pruritus

an itch

Rhytidermia

wrinkled skin

Sebopoiesis

Formation of oil (sebum)

Seborrhea

discharge of oil

Trichomegaly

Abnormally thick hair

Urticaria

swollen raised areas of the skin

Xanthoderma

yellow skin

Xeroderma

dry skin

Xerosis

Condition of dryness

Macule, Macula (freckle)

small, flat, discolored area

Patch (vitiligo)

larger, flat, discolored area

Papule

a small solid mass

Plaque

a solid mass on the surface of the skin

Nodule

a solid mass that extends deeper

Tumor

a larger solid mass

Vesicle

a smaller blister

Bulla

a larger blister

Pustule

a pus-filled blister

Abscess

a localized collection of pus in the body

Erosion

loss of skin

Ulcer

a sore

Excoriation

a scratch

Fissure

a crack in the skin

Scale

skin flaking off

Crust

A dried substance (i.e blood, pus) on the skin

Vascular lesion

wounds related to blood vessels

Cherry Angioma

a small blood vessel tumor

Telangiectasia (spider angioma)

the overexpansion of the end of a blood vessel

Petechia

a small bruise

Ecchymosis

a larger bruise

Cicatrix (plural cicatrices)

scar

Keloid

overgrowth of scar tissue

Epidermal tumors

tumors on the skin

Nevus

Mole

Dysplastic Nevus

a mole with bad changes/formations

Verruca

wart

Culture and Sensitivity (C&S)

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

Biopsy

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

Excisional Biopsy

removal of an entire lesion for examination (to cut it out)

Incisional Biopsy

removal of a portion of a lesion for examination (to cut into it)

Dermatoscope

instrument used to look at the skin

Dermatoscopy

procedure for looking at the skin

Adipocele

a hernia 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

Onychocryptosis

an ingrown nail

Onycholysis

the loss of a nail

Onychomalacia

abnormal softening of a nail

Onychopathy

nail disease

Pachyderma

tough skin

Paronychia

a condition of the tissue around the nail

Steatoma

a fatty tumor