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| A scraping or rubbing away of skin or mucous membrane as a result of friction to |
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| A localized collection of pus in any part of the body. |
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| An individual with a marked deficiency of pigment in the eyes, hair, and skin. |
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| Partial or complete loss of hair. Alopecia may result from normal aging, etc |
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| The surgical removal of a part of the body or a limb or a part of a limb. |
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| The deepest of the five layers of the skin |
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| An inflammation or sore in the skin over a bony prominence, pressue ulcer |
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| caused by accumulation of keratin and sebum within the opening of a hair follicle. |
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| A small, thin-walled, skin lesion containing clear fluid |
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| A localized pus-producing infection originating deep in a hair follicle |
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| A localized pus-producing (pyogenic) infection originating deep in follicle |
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| death of tissue, usually in extremities |
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| The tiny tube within the dermis that contains the root of a hair shaft |
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| The portion of a strand of hair that is embedded in the hair follicle. |
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| The visible part of the hair. |
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| A benign tumor of blood vessels and reddish-purple in color. |
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| A natural anticoagulant substance produced by the body tissues |
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| Excessive body hair in an adult male distribution pattern, occurring in women |
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| A substance, found in cells, that is released in allergic, inflammatory reactions. |
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| phagocytic cell occurring in the walls of blood vessels and loose connective tissue. |
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| slightly elevated lesion of the skin that is paler in the center than its surrounding edges |
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| A collection of fluid located in the area of the male scrotal sac. |
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| An inherited dermatological condition in which the skin is dry, hyperkeratotic, resembling fish scales. |
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| system of the skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands. |
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| A hard, fibrous protein that is found in the epidermis, hair, nails, enamel of teeth |
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| characteristic of an agent used to break down or loosen the horny layer of the skin. |
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| Soft, very fine hair that covers the body of the developing fetus |
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| Any visible damage to the tissues of the skin, such as a wound, sore, |
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| The crescent-shaped pale area at the base of the fingernail or toenail. |
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| phagocytic cell occurring in the walls of blood vessels and loose connective tissue. |
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| A small, flat discoloration of the skin that is neither raised nor depressed |
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| releases substances in response to injury or infectioin |
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| black pigment, that contributes color to the skin and helps to filter uv light |
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| The visible part of the nail. |
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| A small, circumscribed swelling protruding above the skin |
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| Separation of a fingernail from its bed, beginning at the free margin. |
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| any fungal infection of the nail |
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| habit of biting the nails |
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| abnormal thickening of the skin |
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| A small, solid, circumscribed elevation on the skin. |
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| inflammation in the fold of skin surrounding the fingernail |
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| small pinpoint hemorrhages of the skin |
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| A papule or pustule of the skin. |
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| A small, stalklike growth that protrudes upward or outward from a mucous membrane |
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| Openings of the skin, water, salts, and fatty substances are excreted |
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| a group of bleeding disorders of the skin |
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| a small elevation of skin filled with puss |
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| Thin flakes of hardened epithelium that are shed from the epidermis. |
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| a cyst filled with sebum and debris in the sabaceous gland |
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| excessive secretion of sebum resulting in oilyness or dry scales |
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| The oily secretions of the sebaceous glands. |
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| A small brownish- or flesh-colored outgrowth of skin occurring usually on neck |
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| The single layer of flattened platelike cells that cover surfaces |
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| A uniformly thick sheet or layer of cells. |
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| The layer of skin where new cells are continually being reproduced |
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| The outermost layer of skin, which continually sloughs off or flakes away; |
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| Linear tears in the dermis which result from overstretching caused by rapid growth |
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| The fatty layer of tissue located beneath the dermis. |
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| collection of blood beneath a nail bed |
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| The clear, watery fluid produced by the sweat glands |
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| Structure in the dermis that produces sweat, carries waste to skin |
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| A circumscribed, open sore of the skin that is accompanied by inflammation |
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| Reaction; elevated patches discolored skin that itches, hives |
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| A small, thin-walled, skin lesion containing clear fluid; a blister |
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| A skin disorder characterized by nonpigmented white patches of skin |
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| A closed comedo, caused by accumulation of keratin and sebum within the follicle |
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| any yellow coloration of the skin |
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| chronic skin condition characterised by roughness and dryness |
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