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dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
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-genic
- producing
- causing
- originating
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-plasia
condition of formation, growth, development
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abrasion
scraping away of skin by mechanical process or injury
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contusion
injury with no break in the skin, characterized by pain, swelling, and discoloration
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decubitus ulcer
- eroded sore on the skin caused by prolonged pressure, often occurring in bedridden patients
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diaphoresis
profuse sweating
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edema
puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid
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pediculosis
invasion into the skin and hair by lice
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dermatitis
inflammation of the skin
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paronychia
diseased state around the nail
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seborrhea
discharge of sebum (excessive)
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pachydermia
thickening of the skin
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onychomalacia
softening of the nails
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biopsy
view of life (the removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope
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epidermal
pertaining to upon the skin
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intradermal
pertaining to within the skin
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necrosis
abnormal condition of death (cells and tissue die because of disease)
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subcutaneous
pertaining to under the skin
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streptococcus
berry-shaped bacteria in twisted chains
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staphylococcus
berry-shaped in grapelike clusters (these bacteria cause many skin disease)
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