A | B |
acne | papular & pustular eruptions of the skin |
comedo | blackhead (sebum plug) |
gangrene | tissue death |
impetigo | contagious bacterial inflammatory skin disease |
psoriasis | chronic dermatosis marked by silvery gray scales. |
scabies | contagious, parasitic infection of the skin |
tinea | infection of the skin caused by a fungus |
tinea corporis | ringworm |
tinea pedis | athlete's foot |
vitiligo | loss of pigment in areas of the skin. (milk-white patches) |
keloid | thickened scar |
keratosis | thickened area of the epidermis |
leukoplakia | white, thickened patches ont he mucous membrane |
nevus (nevi-pl) | mole |
verruca | wart |
melanoma | cancerous growth of melanocytes. |