| A | B |
|---|
| adipose tissue | fatty tissue |
| albinism | Condition of no pigment in skin, hair, and eyes (white skin). |
| causalgia | Intense burning sensation in the skin (due to nerve damage). |
| electrocautery | Wires used during surgery to burn through tissue. |
| dermatoplasty | Surgical repair of the skin. |
| dermatologist | Specialist in diseases of the skin. |
| epidermis | Outermost layer of skin. |
| dermatitis | Inflammation of skin. |
| dermabrasion | A surgical procedure to remove acne scars, tattoos, and fine wrinkles. Skin is scraped away; sandpaper or mechanical methods are used on frozen skin. |
| subcutaneous | Pertaining to beneath the skin |
| epidermolysis | Loosening of the skin. |
| diaphoresis | Condition of profuse sweating. |
| ichthyosis | Abnormal condition of dry, scaly skin (fish-like skin). |
| keratosis | Abnormal condition of thickened areas of the skin (horny cells accumulate). |
| leukoplakia | Condition of white plaques on the skin. |
| anhidrosis | Condition of lack of sweat. |
| erythematous | Pertaining to redness of the skin. |
| erythema | Condition of redness of the skin (flushing). |
| lipoma | Tumor (benign) of fat tissue. |
| liposuction | Removal of subcutaneous fat tissue with a blunt-tipped cannula (tube) through which suction (aspiration) is applied. |
| melanocyte | Cell that forms melanin and is found in the epidermis of the skin. |
| melanoma | Tumor (malignant) of melanocytes. |
| dermatomycosis | Abnormal condition of fungal infection in the skin. |
| onycholysis | Separation of nail plate from the nail bed in fungal infections or after trauma. |
| onychomycosis | Abnormal condition of fungal infection of nails. |
| paronychia | Condition of inflammation and swelling (infection) of the tissue around the nail. |
| seborrhea | "Flow of sebum"; disturbance of sebaceous glands marked by increase in the flow of sebum. |
| squamous epithelium | Pertaining to scale-like cells that cover the outside of the body (epidermis) and line the inner tubes of the body. |
| steatoma | Mass, tumor arising from sebaceous glands; sebaceous cyst. |
| trichomycosis | Disease of the hair due to a fungal infection. |
| subungual | Pertaining to under a nail. |
| xanthoma | Flat, slightly elevated, rounded plaque or nodule usually found on the eyelids. |
| pilosebaceous | Pertaining to a sebaceous gland and hair. |
| dermatophytosis | Abnormal condition of fungus (plant) infection in the skin |
| pyoderma | Condition of pus (infection) within the skin. |
| xeroderma | Abnormal condition of dry, rough skin. |
| albinism | Condition of no pigment in skin, hair, and eyes (white skin). |
| leukoderma | White skin (absence of pigment in the skin—acquired in vitiligo and congenital in albinism). |
