Medical Terminology: Chapter 4

skin

sweat

horny tissue, hard

nail

sebum (oil)

hair

self

life

dust

hidden

other

fungus

death

thick

wrinkles

grape-like clusters

twisted chains

dry

on, upon, over

within

beside, beyond, around, abnormal

through

under, below

through, across, beyond

noun suffix, no meaning

berry-shaped

diseased or abnormal state, condition of

inflammation

softening

eating or swallowing

flow, discharge

excision, surgical removal

view of, viewing

surgical repair

instrument used to cut

scraping away of skin by mechanical process or injury

localized collection of pus

inflammatory disease of skin

precancerous condition of horny tissue

congenital hereditary condition

epithelial tumor that arises from the epidermis

fungal infection of skin, mouth (thrush) or vagina caused by overgrowth of candida albicans

skin infections, cluster of boils caused by staphylococcal bacteria

inflammation of skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by infection

injury with no break in skin

noninfectious, inflammatory skin disease

slit of cracklike sore in skin

painful skin node

death of tissue

inflammatory skin desease

superficial skin infection characterized by pustules

invasion of pathogens in body tissue may be localized or systemic

cancerous condition, starts as purple or brown papules on lower extremities

torn ragged edged wound

visible change in tissue resulting from injury or disease

methicillin resistant staphyloccus aureus, increasingly emerging as an important infecction in the general population

invasion into skin and hair by lice

chronic skin condition, produces red lesions covered with silvery scales

chronic disorder of skin that produces erythema, papules, pustules, and broken vessel

skin infection caused by itch mite

disease characterized by chronic hardening of connective tissue of skin and other organs

painful, inflamed blisters that follow the route of a nerve

malignant growth that develops from scale-like epithelial tissue

chronic inflammatory disease involving skin, joints, kidneys, nervouse system

fungal infection of skin

itching skin eruption

white patches on skin

destruction of tissue with hot or cold

destruction of tissue using extremely cold

removal of contaminated or dead tissue and foreign matter from open wound

procedure to remove skin scars with use of abrasive material such as sandpaper

removal by cutting

surgical cut or would produced by a sharp instrument

surgical cut to allow free flow or withdrawal of fluids from lession, wound or cavity

fat, fatty

hypersesitivity to a substance

loss of hair

single-celled microorganisms that reproduce by cell division

scar

closed sac containing fluid or semisolid material

herpes type virus that usually causes disease when immune system is compromised

profuse sweating

escape of blood into tissues, causes superficial discoloration

puffy swelling of tissue from accumulation of fluid

redness

abnormal hard spot(s)

organism that feeds by absorbing organic molecules from surroundings

condition characterized by yellow tinge to skin

overgrowth of scar tissue

condition characterized by white spots or patches on mucous membrane

colored spot on skin

circumscribed malformation of skin, congenital nevus present at birth called birthmark

small, knotlike mass that can be felt by touch

paleness

small, solid sin elevation

pinpoint skin hemorrhage

eroded sore on skin caused by prolonged pressure

severe itching

disorder characterized by hemorrhages into tissue which gives skin a purple-red discoloration

elevation of skin containing pus

eroded sore on skin or mucous membrane

circumscribed cutaneous elevation caused by a virus

small elvation of epidermis containing liquid

minute microorganism smaller than a bacterium

itchy elevation of skin with white center and red surrounding area

basal cell carcinoma

biopsy

methicillin-resistant staph aureus

community-acquired MRSA

hospital-acquired MRSA

cytomegalovirus

decubitus

dermatology

incision and drainage

intradermal

systemic Lupus Erythematosis

squamous cell carcinoma

staphylococcus

streptococcus

subcutaneous

transdermal