A | B |
paronychia | inflammation and swelling of soft tissue around the nail |
ICHTHYOSIS | hereditary condition of dry, rough and scaly skin to a defect in keratinization (DRANDUFF) |
squam/o | scale-like |
VITILIGIO | IS PIGMENTATION LOSS IN AREAS OF THE SKIN |
COMEDO | THE INFLAMMED SEBUM PLUG OR LESION CHARACTERISTIC OF ACNE |
PAPULE | SKIN LESION OF MEASLES |
COMEDONES | BLACKHEADS, SEBUM PLUG (COMEDO SING.) |
XERODERMA | ROUGH, DRY SKIN |
XANTHOMA | YELLOW TUMOR UNDER THE SKIN |
KERATOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF PROLIFERATION OF HORNY, KERATINIZED CELLS |
DIAPHORESIS | PROFUSE SWEATING |
ANHIDROSIS | INABILITY TO PERSPIRE |
DERMATOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE SKIN |
ERYTHMATOUS | SKIN IS FLUSHED; WIDESPREAD REDNESS |
CAUSALGIA | BURNING (PAIN) SENSATION IN THE SKIN |
CYANOSIS | BLUE COLORATION OF THE SKIN |
LEUKOPLAKIA | WHITISH PLAQUES ON MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND SURFACES ON THE BODY |
SUBCUTANEOUS | INNERMOST LAYER OF THE SKIN CONTAINING ADIPOSE TISSUE |
CRYOSURGERY | APPLICATION OF INTENSELY COLD LIQUID NITROGEN TO DESTROY TISSUE |
PURPURA | MERGING ECCHYMOSES AND PETECHIAE OVER ANY PART OF THE BODY |
PORE | SMALL OPENING ON THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN |
ELECTROCAUTERY | THE USE OF A SURGICAL KNIFE TO BURN TISSUES |
KELOID | is a hypertrophied thickened scar |
WHEAL | MOSQUITO BITE A smooth,slightly elevated,edematous (swollen)area that is redderor paler than thesurrounding skin |
MACULE | A small flat discoloration on the skin, such as that associated with freckles |
FISSURE | CRACK-LIKE SORE |
BULLAE | LARGE BLISTERS VESICLES |
VESICLES | LARGE BLISTERS |
PUSTULE | PURULENT ABSCESS |
PHYT/O | PLANT |
UNGU/O | NAIL |
PARONYCHIA | INFLAMMATION AND SWELLING OF SOFT TISSUE AROUND THE NAIL |
DERM/O | SKIN |
INTEGUMENTARY | BODY SYSTEM OF SKIN AND ITS ACCESORY STRUCTURES |
LIP/O | FAT |
PRURITUS | AN UNPLEASANT CUTANEOUS SENSATION CAUSING THE URGE TO SCRATCH THE SKIN FOR RELIEF |
NEVI pl. NEVUS sing. | MOLE PIGMENTED LESION OF THE SKIN |
ECCHYMOSIS | BLUISH-BLACK MARK (MACULE) ON THE SKIN |
VERRUCAE pl. VERRUCA sing. | WART AN EPIDERMAL GROWTH CAUSED BY A VIRUS |
ALOPECIA | BALDNESS ABSCENSE OF HAIR |
TINEA PEDIS | ATHLETE'S FOOT |
EXANTHEM | RASH OF SKIN DUE TO A VIRAL INFECTION |
MEASLES | RUBEOLA |
CHICKENPOX | VARICELLA |
URTICARIA | ACUTE ALLERGIC REACTION IN WHICH HIVES DEVELOP |
PETECHIA | SMALL, PINPOINT HEMORRHAGES |