Chapter 3 Dermatological Terms Flashcards by April Prieto

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Scraping away of skin

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Abrasion

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Lack of pigment in the skin causing patient to look white

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Albinism

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A person afflicted with albinism

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Albino

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Baldness

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Alopecia

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Lack of sweating

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Anhidrosis

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A hair follicle that is plugged with sebum

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Comedo

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Blue sweat

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Cyanidrosis

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Loss of pigmentation

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Depigmentation

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Skin pain

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Dermatalgia or dermatodynia

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Loose skin

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Dermatolysis

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Redness

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Erythema

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Redskin

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Erythroderma

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Sweating blood

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Hemathidrosis

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The formation of sweat

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hidropoiesis

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Excessive sweating

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Hyperhidrosis

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Excessive growth of horny skin

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Hyperkerotosis

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Excessive melanin in the skin

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Hypermelanosis

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Excessive pigment in the skin

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Hyperpigmentation

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Diminished sweating

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hypohidrosis

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Diminished melanin in the skin

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Hypomelanosis

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Diminished pigment in the skin

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Hypo pigmentation

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White skin

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leukoderma

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To soften the skin

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Macerate

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Eating or biting the nails

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onychophagia

An itch

pruritus

Wrinkled skin

rhytidermia

Formation of oil

sebopoiesis

Discharge of oil

Seborrhea

Abnormally thick hair

trichomegaly

Swollen raised itchy areas of the skin

urticaria

Yellow skin

xanthoderma

Dry skin

zeroderma

Condition of dryness

xerosis

Skin condition

Dermatosis

Skin disease

Dermopathy

Redskin

Erythroderma

From Latin, for a split or divide, a crack in the skin

Fissure

White skin

Leukoderma

Fungus condition

Mycosis

A nail condition

Onychia

Nail disease

Oncychopathy

Yellow skin

Xantheroderma

A yellow tumor

Xanthoma

Dry skin

Xeroderma