Med Term A-C
This common skin condition means “point; common or ordinary” in Greek.
What is Acne vulgaris?
This Latin term means “little skin” and refers to the outermost layer of the epidermis.
What is Cuticle?
This Latin term means “sac, small” and refers to the structure from which hair grows.
What is Follicle?
This Latin term means “clear” and names a transparent layer of the epidermis.
What is Lucidum?
This Greek term means “itching” and names a chronic skin condition.
What is Psoriasis?
This Latin term means “a layer, cover, or spread” and is used to describe layers of skin.
What is Stratum?
This Anglo-Saxon term means “sore” and refers to a painful, pus-filled bump.
What is a Boil?
This Latin term means “lying down” and is associated with pressure ulcers.
What is Decubitus?
This Latin term means “grain, small” and names a layer of the epidermis.
What is Granulosum?
This sensory structure is named after a German histologist born in 1829.
What is Meissner?
This sensory structure is named after an Italian anatomist born in 1864.
What is Ruffini?
This Latin term means “sweat, to carry or bear” and refers to sweat glands.
What is Sudoriferous?
This Old French term means “to break” and describes a discoloration from trauma.
What is a Bruise?
This Greek word means “skin” and refers to the inner layer beneath the epidermis.
What is Dermis?
This Latin term means “a covering” and refers to the entire skin system.
What is Integument?
This Greek root means “black” and is used in terms related to pigmentation.
What is Melano?
This Greek term means “hard, skin” and refers to a connective tissue disorder.
What is Scleroderma?
This Latin term means “wart.”
What is Verruca?
This Latin word meaning “leather” refers to the deeper layer of the skin.
What is Corium?
This Latin term means “to boil out” and describes an inflammatory skin condition.
What is Eczema?
This anatomical structure is named after a German anatomist born in 1833.
What is Krause?
This sensory corpuscle is named after an Italian anatomist born in 1812.
What is Pacini?
This Latin term means “tallow, to flow” and describes excessive oil production.
What is Seborrhea?
This Latin term simply means “skin.”
What is Cutaneous?
This Greek term means “upon or over skin” and refers to the outermost layer of skin.
What is Epidermis?
This Latin term means “tear” and refers to glands that produce tears.
What is Lacrimal?
This Latin term means “stroke or touch” and refers to examining by feeling.
What is Palpate?
This Latin term means “grease, tallow” and refers to the oily secretion of sebaceous glands.
What is Sebum?