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Albino

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Person with skin deficient in pigment (melanin).

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Basal layer

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Deepest region of the epidermis, it gives rise to all the epidermal cells.

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Cuticle

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Band of epidermis at the base and sides of the nail plate.

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Integumentary system

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The skin and accessory structure such as hair and nails.

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Keratin

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Hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair and nails. keratin means horn and commonly found in the horns of animals.

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Lunula

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The half-moon-shaped, whitish area at the base of the nail.

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Melanin

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Skin pigment.

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Paronychium

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Soft tissue surrounding the nail border.

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Sebaceous gland

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Oil-secreting gland in the dermis that is associated with hair follicles.

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Sebum

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Oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands.

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Stratum corneum

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Outermost layer of the epidermis, which consists of flattened keratinized cells.

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Albin/o

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White

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Caus/o

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Burn, burning

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Cauter/o

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Heat,burn

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Cutane/o

Derm/o

Dermat/o

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Skin

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Diaphor/o

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Profuse sweating

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Erythem/o

Erythemat/o

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Redness

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Ichthy/o *

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Dry, scaly (fish-like)

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Kerat/o

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Hard

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Leuk/o

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White

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Lip/o

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Fat

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Melan/o

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Black

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-plakia *
Plaques
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Myc/o
Fungus
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Onych/o *
Nail
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Phyt/o
Plant
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Pil/o
Hair, hair follicle
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Py/o
Pus
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Rhytid/o *
Wrinkle
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Seb/o
Sebum (oily secretion)
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Squam/o *
Scale-like
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Steat/o
Fat
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Trich/o
Hair
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Ungu/o
Nail
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Xanth/o
Yellow
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Xer/o
Dry
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-elasma *
A flat plate
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Collection of dried serum and cellular debris is....
Crust
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Thick-walled, closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semisolid material is called...
Cyst
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Wearing away or loss of epidermis is called...
Erosion
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Groove or crack-like sore is called...
Fissure
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Flat, pigmented lesion measuring less than 1 cm in diameter is called...
Macule
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Solid, round or oval elevate lesion 1cm or more in diameter is called...
Nodule
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Small (less than 1 cm in diameter), solid elevation of the skin is called...
Papule
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Growth extending from the surface of mucous membrane is called...
Polyp
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Papule containing pus is called...
Pustule
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Open sore on the skin or mucous membrane (deeper then erosion) is called....
Ulcer
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Small collection (papule) of clear fluid (serum); blister is called...
Vesicle
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Smooth, edematous (swollen) papule or plaque that is centrally redder or paler then the surrounding skin is called...
Wheal
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Alopecia
Absence of hair from areas where is normally grows
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Ecchymosis
Bluish-purplish mark (bruise) in the skin.
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Petechia
Small, pinpoint hemorrhage.
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Pruritus
Itching.
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Hist/o
Tissue
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Histi/o
Cellular term of tissue
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Eczema
Inflammatory skin disease with erythematous, papulovesicular, or papalosquamous lesions.
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Impetigo
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and crusted-over lesions.
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Psoriasis
Chronic, recurrent dermatosis marked by itchy, scaly, red plaques covered by silvery gray scales.
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Scleroderma
Chronic progressive disease of skin and internal organs with hardening and shrinking of connective tissue.
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Systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of collagen in skin, joints, and internal organs.
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Vitiligo
Loss of pigment in areas of the skin (milk-white patches).
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Bx
Biopsy
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SLE
Systematic Lupus Erythematosus

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