ch 3 the integumentary system— dermatology

Skin

Serves as the protection of the body

First line of defense from germs and irritants

First point of contact with surroundings

Adip/o

Fat

Lip/o

Fat

Steat/o

Fat

Cutane/o

Skin

Derm/o

Skin

Dermat/o

Skin

Pil/o

Hair

Trich/o

Hair

Hidr/o

SweaT

Squam/o

Scale

Onych/o

Nail

Ungu/o

Nail

Seb/o

Oil

Sebace/o

Oil

Crypt/o

Hidden

Kerat/o

Hard, horny

Xer/o

Dry

Xanth/o

Yellow

Erythr/o

Red

Leuk/o

White

Alb/o

White

Melan/o

Black

Subjective terms

Those that the patient reports to the health care provider

Abrasion

Scraping away the skin

Albinism

Lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white

Albino

A person afflicted with albinism

Alopecia

Baldness

Anhidrosis

Lack of sweating

Comedo

A hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (black head or white head)

Cyanhidrosis

Blue sweat

Depigmentation

Loss of pigmentation

Dermatodynia

Skin pain

Dermatolysis

Loose skin

Erythema

Redness

Erythroderma

Red skin

Hemathidrosis

Sweating blood

Hidropolesis

The formation of sweat

Hyperhidrosis

Excessive sweating

Hyperkerotosis

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 (sebum)

Trichomegaly

Abnormally thick hair

Urticaria

Swollen raised itchy areas of the skin

Xanthoderma

Yellow skin

Xeroderma

Dry skin

Xerosis

Condition of dryness

Objective Terms

Used by the practitioner to describe what he or she detects

Macule, macula

Small, flat discovered are (freckle)

Patch

Larger flat discolored area (vitiligo)

Papule

A small solid mass (pimple)

Plaque

A solid mass on the surface of the skin

Nodule

A solid mass that extends deeper into the skin

Tumor

A larger solid mass

Vesicle

A smaller blister

Bulla

From the Latin word bubble

Pustule

A pus-filled blister

Abscess

A localized collection of pus in the body

Erosion

Loss of skin

Ulcer

A sore

Exoriation

A scratch

Fissure

A crack in the skin

Scale

Skin flaking off

Crust

A dried substance on the skin

Vascular lesion

Wounds related to blood vessels

Cherry angloma

A small blood vessel tumor

Telangiectasia (spider angloma)

The over expansion of the end of a blood vessel; so times called a spider angloma because of how it looks on the skin

Petechia

A small bruise

Ecchymosis

A larger bruise

Cicatrix (plural: cicatrices)

Scar

Keloid

Overgrowth of scar tissue

Epidermis tumors

Tumors on the skin

Nevus

Mole

Dysplastic nevus

A 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 (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