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| Adjective referring to the skin |
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| This band of tissue that seals the nail plate to the skin |
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| A specialist who diagnoses and treats skin diseases |
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| Study of the integumentary system |
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| Small sac of skin from which hair grows |
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| Protein that forms hair, naols, and the tough outer layer of skin |
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| White, crescent-shaped are of 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 pis 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, and eyes |
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| Partial or complete loss of hair; baldness |
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| Blackhead; dialted hair follicle filled with bacteria; primary lesion in acne |
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| Adnormal conditio 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 3mm in diameter caused bu 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 scratchin) 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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| Avergrowth 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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| Small node or circumscribed swelling |
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| Small, circumscribed solid elevation of the skin |
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| Infection around the nail |
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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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| Tiny hemorragic spot(s) on the skin less that 3mm in diameter; see also ecchymosis |
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| Chronic skin disease characterized by itchy, red, silvery-scaled patches |
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| Small (up to 1cm 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 hardining 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 = Athletes foot) |
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| An open sore or lesion of the skin; a lesion through 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 nectrotic of 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 abcess, 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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