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| cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue |
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| increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms |
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| a precancerous skin condition of horny tissue formation that results from excessive exposure to sunlight; may evolve into squamous cell carcinoma |
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| epithelial tumor arising from epidermis; seldom metastasizes but invades local tissue; common in individuals with excessive sun exposure |
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| also called thrush; an infection of skin, mouth, or vagina caused by yeast-type fungus Candida albicans |
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| skin infection composed of a cluster of boils caused by staphylococcal bacteria |
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| inflammation of skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by infection, leading to redness, swelling, and fever |
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| also called a bruise; injury with no break in skin, characterized by pain, swelling, and discoloration |
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| also called a boil; painful skin node caused by staphylococcal bacteria in a hair follicle |
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| superficial skin infection characterized by pustules and caused by either staphylococci or streptococci |
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| a cancerous condition starting as purple or brown papules on the lower extremities that spreads through the skin to the lymph nodes and internal organs |
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| any visible change in tissue resulting from injury or disease |
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| invasion into the skin and hair by lice |
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| caused by same virus that causes chickenpox; development of painful, inflamed blisters that follow nerve routes; also called herpes zoster |
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| malignant growth that develops from scale-like epithelial tissue; significant potential for metastasis; most frequent cause is chronic exposure to sunlight |
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| fungal infection of skin; may infect keratin of skin, hair, and nails; also called ringworm or athlete's foot |
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| an itching skin eruption composed of wheals of vaying size and shape; usually related to an allergy; also called hives |
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| destruction of tissue by using extreme cold, often by using liquid nitrogen |
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| removal of contaminated or dead tissue and foreign matter from an open wound |
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| technique of microscopically controlled serial excisions of skin cancers |
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| a herpes-type virus that usually causes disease when the immune system is compromised |
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| escape of blood into the tissues, causing superficial discoloration; a black and blue mark; also called a bruise |
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| agent that softens of soothes the skin |
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| overgrowth of scar tissue |
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| condition characterized by white spots or patches on mucous membrane, which may be precancerous |
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| flat, colored spot on the skin |
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| circumscribed malformation of the skin, usually brown,black, or flesh colored; also called a mole or birthmark |
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| small, solid skin elevation; also called a pimple |
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| disorder characterized by hemorrhages into the tissue, giving the skin a purple-red discoloration |
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| circumscribed cutaneous elevation caused by a virus; also called a wart |
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| trasitory, itchy elevation of the skin with a white center and a red surrounding area; an individual ucitaria (hive)lesion |
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| adult respiratory distress syndrome |
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| respiratory failure in an adult as a result of disease or injury |
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| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| a group of disorders that are almost always a result of smoking that obstructs bronchial flow |
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| fungal disease affecting the lungs and sometimes other organs of the body; also called valley fever or cocci |
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| serious cardiac disease associated with chronic lung disorders |
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| hereditary disorder of the exocrine glands characterized by excess mucus production in the respiratory tract, pancreatic deficiency, and other symptoms |
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| a lobar pneumonia caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila |
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| highly contagious bacterial infection of the respiratory tract characterized by an acute crowing inspiration or whoop; also called whooping cough |
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| an infectious disease, cause by an acid-fast bacillus, most commonly spread by inhalation of small particles and usually affecting the lungs |
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| ventilation-perfusion scanning |
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| a nuclear medicine procedure used to diagnose pulmonary embolism and other conditions; also called a lung scan |
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