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  1. Combining Form

    Aden/o
    gland
  2. Combining Form

    Adip/o
    lip/o
    fat
  3. Combining Form

    Cut/i
    cutane/o
    derm/o
    derm/a
    dermato/o
    skin
  4. Combining Form

    diaphore/o
    hidr/o
    sweating
  5. Combining Form

    kerat/o
    cornea (of the eye); hard, fibrous protein
  6. Combining Form

    Onych/o
    ungu/o
    nail, fingernail or toenail
  7. Combining Form

    Prurit/o
    psor/o
    itching
  8. Combining Form

    Squam/o
    scaley/ scale like
  9. Combining Form

    all/o
    other; strange different
  10. Combining Form

    aut/o
    yourself
  11. Combining Form

    blephar/o
    eye lid
  12. Combining Form

    icter/o
    jaundice
  13. Combining Form

    necr/o
    dead; dead cells, tissue or bodyu
  14. Combining Form

    rhytid/o
    wrinkly
  15. Combining Form
    Xen/o
    • foreign
    • Xenograph
  16. Combining Form

    Xer/o
    dryness
  17. Colors

    Cyan/o
    blue
  18. Colors

    Melan/o
    black
  19. Colors

    Leuk/o
    white
  20. Colors

    erythr/o
    red
  21. Colors

    Xanth/o
    yellow
  22. Abbreviations

    BSA
    Body Surface Area
  23. Abbreviations

    C&S
    culture & sensitivity
  24. Abbreviations

    CD
    contact dermatitis
  25. Abbreviations

    EGFR
    epidermal growth factor receptor
  26. Abbreviations

    IgE
    Immunoglobulin E
  27. Abbreviations

    IT
    intraderma test
  28. Alopecia
    abnormal hair loss
  29. Rosacea
    redness of skin on face abnormal
  30. Hirsutism
    abnormal condition in older women dark hair on arms and upper lip
  31. Cyanosis
    blue
  32. Acrocyanosis
    blueish discoloration in babies, hands, feet around mouth
  33. Ecchymosis
    Bruise; hemorrage under the skin
  34. erythema
    redness
  35. jaundice
    yellow discoloration
  36. Petechia (sl)
    Petechiae (pl)
    pinpoint hemorrages right under the skin
  37. Abrasion
    sliding injury that mechanically removes the epidermis
  38. Blister (bulla) bullae (pl)
    repetitive rubbing injury that mechanically seperates the epidermis from the dermis and releases tissue fluid
  39. Callus
    repetitive rubbing injury that causes the epidermis to gradually thicken into a wide elevated pad
  40. Cicatrix Scar
    fibrous tissue compose of collagen that forms as an injury heals
  41. Decubitus ulcer
    bed sore
  42. Excoriation
    intact wound
  43. laceration
    deep penetrating wound
  44. Abcess
    localized pus containing pocket cause by a bacterial infection
  45. Cellulitis
    Break in connective skin/muscle
  46. Tinea
    fungal infection of epidermal skin
  47. Verucca
    wart
  48. Pediculosis
    lice
  49. Scabies
    Parasitic mites
  50. Nevus
    benign skin lesion birthmark mole
  51. Keratosis
    abnormal production of keratin
  52. Hemangioma
    blood vessel tumor
  53. Papilloma
    skin tag
  54. Senile lentigo
    happens to older people, liver spots
  55. Nevus flammeus
    birth mark very red port wine stain
  56. Allograft
    taking skin from donor
  57. Autograft
    taking skin from self
  58. Xenograft
    graft from different specifies
  59. synthetic graft
    made from collagen
  60. Dermatoplasty
    surgically replace skin
  61. Blepharoplasty
    eyelid skin lift
  62. Rhytidectomy
    remove wrinkles, face lift
  63. Striae
    stretch marks
  64. hematoma
    collection of blood under the skin
  65. oncholysis can be best described as
    detachment of a nail from nail bed onych/o nail (fingernail or toenail)
  66. Exocrine can best be described as
    gland that secretes outward
  67. Lipocyte can best be described as
    fat cell
  68. Xeroderma
    Dry skin
  69. icteric can be best described as
    pertaining to jaundice
  70. Anethesia can best be described as
    a condition of not being able to feel or sense
Author
Stephevette
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Chapter 7
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Dermatology
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