A | B |
Bulla | An elevated, circumscribed lesion that is more than 5 mm in diameter and usually contains fluid |
Papule | a small circumscribed lesion usually less than 1 cm in diamester that is elevated |
Vesicle | a small elevated lesion less than 1 cm in diameter and contains serous fluid |
Macule | an area that is flat and usually distinguished by a color different than the surrounding tissue. |
Sessile | the base of a lesion that is flat or broad instead of stemlike |
Pedunculated | Attached by a stemlike base similar to a mushroom |
Lobule | a segment or lobe that is a part of a whole |
Pustules | circumscribed elevations containing pus |
Nodule | a solid lesion up to 1 cm in diameter and found in soft tissue above or below the skin |
Leukoplakia | a clinical term for a white plaquelike lesion |
Papillary | resembling small nipple-shaped projections or elevations in clusters |
Coalescence | The process by which parts of a whole join together |