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fat
lip/o
fat
steat/o
fat
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skin
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skin
dermat/o
skin
epidermis
outer layer of skin
squamous cell
flat scaly looking cell
dermis
deepest layer of skin
integumentary system
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
ichthy/o
scaly
pachy/o
thick
kerat/o
hard, horny
xer/o
dry
rhytid/o
wrinkle
xanth/o
yellow
erythr/o
red
leuk/o
white
alb/o
white
melan/o
black
abrasion
scraping away of skin
albinism
lack of pigment in skin making it look white
albino
a person afflicted with albinism
alopecia
baldness
anhidrosis
lack of sweating
comedo
a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum
cyanidrosis
blue sweat
depigmentation
loss of pigmentation
dermatalgia
skin pain
dermatodynia
skin pain
dermatolysis
loose skin
erythema
redness
erythroderma
red skin
hemathidrosis
sweating blood
hidropoisesis
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/biting nails
pruritus
an itch
rhytidermia
wrinkled skin
sebopoiesis
formation of oil (sebum)
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
freckle; small, flat discolored area
macula
freckle; small, flat discolored area
patch (vitiligo)
larger flat discolored area
papule
small solid mass
plaque
a solid mass on surface of skin
nodule
a solid mass that extends deeper into skin
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 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; sometimes called a spider angioma because of how it looks on the skin (tel/angi/ectasia)(end/blood vesesel/expansion)
petechia
a small bruise
ecchymosis
a larger bruise
cicatrix (cicatrices is the plural form)
scar
keloid
overgrowth of scar tissue
epidermal tumors
tumors of the skin
nevus
mole
dysplastic nevus
a mole with bad changes/formations
verucca
wart
culture and sensitivity (C&S)
growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs it 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
dermatoscope
instrument used to look at the skin
dermoscopy
procedure for looking at the skin
adipocele
a hernia filled with fatty tissue
dermatofibroma
a fibrous skin turmor
erythrocyanosis
a red and blue discoloration of the skin