Terminology Flashcards
(25 cards)
Halotosis
Bad breath
Nares
Nostrils
Edentulous
Lacking teeth
Efflurage
Circular massage to increase circulation
Top and tail
Washing from the cleanest part of the body to the dirtiest eg head down then feet up
Alopecia
Loss of hair/baldness
Anasarca
Bilateral oedema or oedema that is generalised aver the whole body
Annular
Circular shape to skin lesion
Atrophic skin
Very thin, shinny skin that occurs with arterial insufficiency
Bulla
Elevated cavity larger than 1 cm diameter containing free fluid
Café au lait spot
Large round or oval patch of light brown pigmentation, usually present at birth (birthmark);six or more larger than 1.5 cm are diagnostic of neurofibromatosis
Cherry (senile) angioma
Small (1 to 5 mm), smooth, slightly raighed bright red dot that appears on the trunk in adults over 30;these increase in number with age; not significant
Chloasma
Irregular Brown patch of hyperpigmentation on the face with changing hormonal levels during pregnancy
Confluent
Skin lesions that run together
Crust
Thick, dried out exudate left on skin when vesicles/pustules burst or dry up
Cyanosis
Dusky blue colour to skin or mucous membranes due to increased amount of deoxygenated haemoglobin
Diaphoresis
Profuse perspiration
Ephelides
(freckles) small, flat macules of brown melanin pigment that occur on sun exposed skin
Erosion
Scooped out, shallow depression in skin
Erythema
Intense redness of the skin due to excess blood in dilated superficial capillaries, as in fever or inflammation
Excoriation
Self inflicted abrasion on the skin due to scratching
Fissure
Linear crack in skin extending into dermis
Furuncle
Boil, bue to ingrown hair
Haemangioma
Skin lesion due to genign proliferation of blood vessels in the dermis
