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Zosteriform
Linear shape of skin lesion along a nerve route
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Wheal
- raised red skin lesion due to interstitial fluid
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Vesicle
- elevated cavity containing free fluid up to 1 cm diameter
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Ulcer
- sloughing of neurotic inflammatory tissue that causes a deep depression in skin, extending into dermis
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Telangiectasia
- skin lesion due to permanently enlarged and dilated blood vessels that are visible
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Scale
- compact desiccated flakes of skin from shedding of dead skin cells
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Pustule
- elevated cavity containing thick turbid fluid (pus) ; usually less than 5 cm in diameter
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Purpura
red-purple skin lesion due to blood in tissues from breaks in blood vessels
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Plaque
- skin lesion in which papules come together ; usually .5 cm or larger
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Papule
- Palpable skin lesion < 1 cm in diameter
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Pallor
excessively pale, whitish-pink color to lightly pigmented skin
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Nodule
- elevated skin lesion, greater than 1 cm in diameter
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Nevus
- molecircumscribed skin lesion due to excess meloncytes
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Macule
- flat skin lesion with only a color change
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Maceration
softening of tissue by soaking
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Lipoma
benign fatty tumor
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Lichenification
- tightly packed set of papules that thickens skin, from prolonged intense scratching
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Keloid
- hypertrophic scar, elevated beyond site of original injury
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Jaundice
yellow color to skin, palate, and sclera due to excess bilirubin in the blood
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Iris
target shape of skin lesion
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Hemongioma
skin lesion due to benign proliferation of blood vessels in the dermis
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Furuncle
- boil ; supportive inflammatory skin lesion due to infected hair follicle
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Fissure
linear crack in skin extending into dermis (usually in thicker areas of skin)
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Excoriation
- self-inflictated abrasion on skin due to scratching
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Erythema
intense redness of the skin due to excess blood in dilated superficial capillaries, as in fever or inflammation
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Erosion
- scooped out, shallow depression in skin
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Cyanosis
dusky blue color to skin or mucous membranes due to increased amount of unoxygenated hemoglobin
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Crust
- thick, dried-out exudate left on skin when vesicles/pustules burst or dry up
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Confluent
skin lesions that run together
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Bulla
- elevated cavity containing free fluid larger than 1 cm in diameter
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Annular
- circular shape to skin lesion
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