Skin

Structure and Function/Common Disorder

100

adjective describing sweat-producing glands

What is sudoriferous?

200

inflammation of the skin

What is dermatitis?

300

tumor of the skin

What is dermatoma?

400

excessive skin, often hanging in folds

What is dermatomegaly?

500

fungal infection of the skin

What is dermatomycosis?

Common Disorders

100

any disease of the skin

What is dermatopathy?

200

inflammation of the epidermis

What is epidermititis?

300

tumor of the melanocytes

What is melanoma?

400

softening of the nails

What is onychomalacia?

500

fungal infection of a nail

What is onychomycosis?

Common Disorders/Practice and Practitioners

100

any disease of the nail

What is onychopathy?

200

infection around a nail

What is paronychia?

300

a specialist who diagnoses and treats skin diseases

What is dermatologist?

400

Study of the integumentary system

What is dermatology?

500

the common word used as a synonym for the eponychium

What is cuticle?

Surgical Procedures/Enhancement Terms

100

plastic surgery performed on the skin

What is dermatoplasty?

200

surgical removal of a nail

What is onychectomy?

300

surgical repair of a nail

What is onychoplasty?

400

incision into a nail

What is onychotomy?

500

abnormal condition signaled by bluish discoloration of tissue

What is cyanosis?

Enhancement Terms

100

resembling the epidermis

What is epidermoid?

200

thin, transparent layer of skin located at the nail root

What is eponychium?

300

adjective form of the noun follicle

What is follicular?

400

white, crescent-shaped area of a nail

What is lunula?

500

infection of a nail bed

What is onychia?