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-rrhea
or
-rrea
Discharge
-rrhea
Term meaning deeper layer of the skin
Dermis
Cicatrix
A scar
Removal of skin lesions done with a currette or scraper
curretage
Collection of hardened sebum in the hair follicle, a blackhead
Comedo
Ritid/o
or
Rhytid/o
wrinkles
Rhytid/o
Type of sweat glands found in the pubic and underarm area
Apocrine glands
Wheal
Small, round, swollen area on skin
Face-lift done to remove wrinkles
Rhytidectomy
An area of gangrene that becomes secondarily infected by a pus-producing bacteria
Wet gangrene
Subcutanoeus
or
Subcutaneous
Pertaining to below the skin
Subcutaneous
Light-colored half-moon area at the base of the nail
Tip: When you see this word, think “luna” because of its half moon shape
Lunula
Tinea
Fungal skin disease resulting in skin lesions
Hemorrhages in skin due to fragile blood vessels. You tend to see them on the elderly
Pupura
Congenital collection of dilated blood vessels causing a red birthmark that fades a few months after birth
Strawberry hemangioma
Verroca
or
Verruca
Benign growth caused by a virus, wart
Verruca
Another word for sweat glands
Tip: These glands make you smell ripe
Tip: These glands and sweat both begin with “s”
Sudoriferous Glands
Xeroderma
When skin is abnormally dry
Form of skin cancer frequently seen in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients
Kaposi's sarcoma
Skin graft from another animal
Xenograft
Petechiae
or
Petachiae?
pinpoint purple or red spots from minute hemorrhages under the skin
Petechiae!
tissue consisting of layered flat “scale-like” cells
Tip: When you see this word, think “squished” because they are squished flat.
Stratified Squamous Epithelium
Furuncle
Bacterial infection of a hair follicle
Cancer of epidermis layer of skin that may invade deeper tissue and metastasize.
Squamous cell carcinoma
Infection of the skin fold around the nail
paronychia