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technical name for freckles
What is LENTIGINES?
most severe form of skin cancer
What is MALIGNANT MELANOMA?
technical name for callus, caused by pressure or friction
What is KERATOMA?
abnormal skin growth
What is HYPERTROPHY?
a skin inflammation caused by exposure to poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac
What is IVY DERMATITIS?
fever blister or cold sore; a recurring viral infection
What is HERPES SIMPLEX 1?
technical term for birthmark
What is NEVUS?
technical name for milk spots; small, benign, whitish bumps that occur when dead skin
is trapped in the surface of the skin; commonly seen in infants
What is MILIA?
outer layer of the dermis, directly beneath the epidermis
What is PAPILLARY LAYER?
small brownish spot on the skin
What is a MOLE?
also known as blackhead; a hair follicle filled with keratin and sebum
What is OPEN COMEDO?
the absence of pigment, resulting in light or white splotches
What is HYPOPIGMENTATION?
darker than normal pigmentation, appearing as dark splotches
What is HYPERPIGMENTATION?
skin disorder characterized by abnormal white patches
What is LEUKODERMA?
excessive perspiration or sweating
spot or discoloration of the skin, such as a freckle
What is MACULE?
a small elevation on the skin that contains no fluid, but may develop pus
What is PAPULE?
a structural change in tissues caused by injury or disease
What is LESION?
a solid bump larger than 0.4 inches (1 cm) that can be easily felt
What is NODULE?
also known as prickly heat, is an acute inflammatory disorder of the sweat glands, characterized by the eruption of small red vesicles accompanied by burning, itching skin
What is MILIARIA RUBRA?
thick scar resulting from excessive tissue growth
What is a KELOID?
a crack in the skin that penetrates to the dermis
What is FISSURE?
nerve fibers distributed to the arrector pili muscles, which are attached to the hair follicles
What are MOTOR NERVE FIBERS?
abbreviated ICD; also known as dermatitis venenata; occurs when irritating substances temporarily damage the epidermis
What is IRRITANT CONTACT DERMATITIS?
coloring matter or the pigment of the skin; found in the stratum germinativum of the epidermis and in the papillary layers of the dermis
What is MELANIN?