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| adjective referring to the skin |
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| a specialist who diagnoses and treats skin diseases |
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| the thin band of tissue that seals the nail plate to the skin |
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| study of the integumentary system |
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| small sac in the skin from which a hair grows |
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| protein that forms hair, nails, and the tough outer layer of the skin |
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| white, crescent - shaped area of a nail |
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| dark pigment present in skin and other parts of the body |
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| cell that produces melanin |
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| localized collection of pus in any body part, frequently associated with swelling and inflammation |
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| inflammatory papular and pustular eruption of the skin |
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| partial or total absence of pigment of the skin, hair, eyes |
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| partial or complete loss of hair; baldness |
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| blackhead; dilated hair follicle filled with bacteria; primary lesion in acne |
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| abnormal condition signaled by bluish discoloration of tissue |
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| closed sac or pouch in or under the skin that contains fluid or solid material |
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| fungal infection of the skin |
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| a purple patch more than 3 mm in diameter caused by blood under the skin; see also petechiae |
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| inflammatory condition of the skin characterized by erythema, vesicles, and crusting with scales |
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| inflammation of the epidermis |
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| abnormal redness of the skin |
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| scratch mark; linear break (caused most often from scratching)in the skin surface |
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| benign tumor of blood vessels; birthmark |
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| profuse sweating; increased or excessive perspiration; may be caused by heat, menopause, or infection |
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| abnormally dry skin; scaly, resembling fish skin |
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| inflammatory skin disease with pustules that rupture and become crusted |
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| overgrowth of scar tissue |
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| wound, injury, or pathological change in body tissue |
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| flat, discolored area that is flush with the skin; birthmark or freckle |
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| tumor of the melanocytes; skin cancer characterized by dark pigmented, irregular - shaped lesion |
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| mole; pigmented skin blemish that is usually benign but may become cancerous |
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| a small node or circumscribed swelling |
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| small, circumscribed solid elevation of the skin |
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| petechia (plural petechiae) |
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| tiny hemorrhagic spot(s) on the skin less than 3 mm in diameter; see also ecchymosis |
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| a mass of tissue that bulges outward from the skin's surface on a stem or stalk of mucous membrane |
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| chronic skin disease characterized by itchy, red, silvery - scaled patches |
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| small (up to 1 cm in diameter) circumscribed elevation of the skin containing pus |
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| contagious infection caused by a mite |
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| chronic disease characterized by thickening and hardening of the skin |
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| viral infection producing the eruption of highly painful vesicles that may follow a nerve path |
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| any fungal infection of the skin (tinea barbae = beard, tinea capitis = head, tinea pedis = athlete's foot) |
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| an open sore or lesion of the skin; a lesion through the skin or a mucous membrane resulting from loss of tissue |
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| hives; allergic reaction of the skin characterized by eruption of pale red elevated patches |
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| small, fluid - filled, raised lesion; a blister |
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| localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized by milk - white patches |
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| agent that kills bacteria |
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| agent to reduce inflammation |
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| agent that reduces itching |
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| agent that inhibits the growth of infectious agents |
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| agent that destroys viruses |
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| removal of necrotic or dead tissue from a wound or burn |
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| plastic surgery repair performed on the skin |
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| incision and drainage (I&D) |
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| cutting open of a wound or lesion, such as an abscess, and letting out or draining the contents, such as pus |
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| surgical removal of a nail |
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| a method of administering medication through the unbroken skin via patch or ointment |
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