Anatomy
What is the epidermis?
What is "infection"?
removal of fat beneath skin by means of suction.
What is liposuction?
Most advanced stage of gangrene.
What is dry gangrene
Damage to the skin that is caused by chemicals, electricity, UV light, or heat
What is a burn?
Dark pigment that is responsible for skin coloration and UV protection.
What is melanin?
myc/o
What is "fungus"?
Use of cold to freeze and destroy tissue.
What is cryosurgery?
What are teenagers?
Fatty mass
Fibers that give the dermis its strength.
scler/o
What is "hard"?
Piece of tissue removed for examination.
What is a biopsy?
Pustules and vesicles differ in this major way.
What is their filling?
Sarc/o
What is "flesh"?
Glands that produce sweat.
What are the sudoriferous glands?
Trich/o
What is "hair"?
What is an autograft?
Fungal infections that result in itching, scaling lesions.
What are tineas?
Destruction of tissue through the use of electricity.
What is electrocauterization
Muscles that cause hair to stand up.
What are Arrector pili?
cauter/o
What is "to burn"?
What is removal of a nail?
Oily discharge
What is seborrhea?
What is an abnormal condition characterized by excessive sweating?