| A | B |
|---|
| adipose | fat, fatty |
| allergy | hypersensitivity to a substance |
| alopecia | loss of hair |
| bacterium | single-celled organism that may produce infecton |
| cicatrix | scar |
| cyst | closed sac containing fluid or semisolid material |
| cytomegalovirus (CMV) | herpes-type virus usually causes disease when immune system is compromised |
| diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
| ecchymosis | escape of blood into tissues "bruise" |
| edema | puffy swelling of tissue |
| erythem | redness |
| jaundice | yellow tinge to the skin |
| pallor | paleness |
| petechia | pinpoint skin hemorrhage |
| pressure ulcer | decubitis |
| ulcer | eroded sore on skin |
| vesicle | small elevation of skin containing liquid (blister) |
| wheal | a uticaria (hive) |
| biopsy | removal of living tissue to be viewed under the microscope |
| dermatoplasty | surgical repair of the skin |
| onchectomy | excision of a nail |
| rhytidoplasty | surgical repair of wrinkles |
| cauterization | destruction of tissue with hot or cold instrument, electric current of caustic substance |
| dermabrasion | remove skin scars with abrasive material |
| debridement | removal of dead tissue from open wound |
| excision | removal by cutting |
| incision | surgical cut or wound |
| laser surgery | procedure using instrument that emits a high-powered beam of light used to cut, burn, vaporize, or destroy tissue |
| suturing | to stitch edges of a wound surgically |
| dermatologist | Dr. who studies and treats skin (diseases) |
| epidermal | pertaining to upon the skin |
| erthroderma | red skin |
| hypodermic | pertaining to under the skin |
| keratogenic | originating in hormy tissue |
| necrosis | abnormal condition of death of cells and tissue |
| percutaneous | pertaining to through the skin |
| transdermal | pertaining to through the skin |
| ungual | pertaining to the nail |
| xanthoderma | yellow skin |
| leukoderma | white skin |
