| A | B |
|---|
| lentigines | freckles |
| lesion | mark on the skin; may be injury or damage |
| leukoderma | light abnormal patches; caused by burn or disease |
| macule | flat spot or discoloration on skin; can be freckle or red spot left from pimple |
| malignant melanoma | most serious skin cancer; black or dark patch that can be uneven in texture, jagged, or raised |
| milia | benign (harmless) keratin-filled cyst just under epidermis |
| miliaria rubra | aka prickly heat; eruption of small red vesicles & burning, itching skin; disorder of sweat glands |
| mole | small brownish spot on skin |
| nevus | aka birthmark; small or large malformation of skin with abnormal pigmentation or dilated capillaries |
| nodule | solid bump larger than 1 cm (.4 inch) |
| noncomedogenic | product designed to NOT clog pores |
| primary lesions | lesions that are raised or a different color from skin |
| psoriasis | skin disease with red patches covered with silver-white scales; found on scalp, knees, elbows, chest or lower back |
| retention hyperkeratosis | hereditary; acne-prone skin retains dead cells in follicle, forms obstruction that clogs follicles & causes papules & pustules |
| scale | any thin dry or oily plate of epidermal flakes (ex dandruff) |
| scar | aka cicatrix; lightly raised mark on skin after injury has healed |
| sebaceous cyst | large protruding pocket-like lesion filled with sebum; often on scalp or back; removed surgically |
| seborrheic dermatitis | inflammation of sebaceous blands |
| secondary skin lesions | piles of material on skin surface (crust, scab, ulcer) |
| sensitization | allergic reaction created by repeated exposure to chemical or substance |
| skin tag | small brown or flesh colored outgrowth of skin |
| squamous cell carcinoma | skin cancer more serious than basal cell carcinoma; scaly red papules or nodules |
| stain | abnormal brown or wine colored skin discolorations |
| tan | change in pigmentation of skin caused by exposure to sun or UV light |
| telanglectasis | distended or dilated sufrace blood vessels |
| tubercle | abnormal, rounded solid lump larger than papule |
| tumor | abnormal mass varying is size, shape, & color |
| ulcer | open lesion having pus, loss of skin depth & accompanied by weeping |
| verruca | aka wart; hypertrophy of papillae and epidermis |
| vesicle | small blister or sac containing clear fluid lying within or just beneath epidermis |
| vitiligo | hereditary; may be related to thyroid;causes hypopigmented spots |
| wheal | itchy, swollen lesion that lasts only a few hours (hive, mosquito bite) |
