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35 Cards in this Set
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Alopecia |
hair loss |
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Annular |
circular skin lesion |
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Bruise |
a type of hematoma caused by damaged capillaries, associated with trauma |
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Bulla |
Elevated cavity containing free fluid larger than 1cm in diameter |
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Confluent |
skin lesion that run together |
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Crust |
thick, dried out exudate or drainage from a burst vesicle or pustule |
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Cyanosis |
dusky blue color or skin or mucous membranes due to poor oxygenation |
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Ecchymosis |
subcutaneous bleeding, greater than 1cm in diameter, not associated with site of trauma |
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Erosion |
shallow depression in skin |
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Erythema |
redness of skin |
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Excoriation |
abrasion of skin due to scratching |
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Fissure |
Linear crack in skin extending to dermis |
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Furuncle |
a boil, due to infected hair follicle |
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Hemangioma |
a skin lesion due to begin proliferation of blood vessels in the dermis |
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Hematoma |
a collection of blood outside the blood vessels |
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Jaundice |
yellow skin, palate, sclera due to excess bilirubin in blood |
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Keloid |
hypeprtrophic scar, elevated and beyond site of injury |
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Lichenification |
ticghtly packed set of papule that thickens skin caused by prolonged scratching |
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Lipoma |
benign fatty tumor |
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Maceration |
softening of the skin due to soaking or prolonged exposure to moisture |
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Macule |
flat skin lesion with only a color change |
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Nevus |
mole, circumscribed skin lesion due to excess melanocytes |
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Nodule |
elevated skin lesion larger than 1cm in diameter |
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Pallor |
excessively pale |
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Papule |
palapable skin lesion smaller than 1cm in diameter |
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Plaque |
skin lesion in which papule come together |
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Pruritus |
itching |
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Purpura |
Red-purple skin lesion due to blood in tissues from breaks in blood vessels |
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Pustule |
elevated lesion containing thick purulent fluid |
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Scale |
compact flakes of skin due to shedding of dead skin |
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Telangiectasia |
skin lesion due to enlarged and dilated blood vessels that are visible |
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Ulcer |
sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue that causes a deep depression in skin |
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Vesicle |
elevated cavity containing free fluid up to 1cm in diameter |
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Wheal |
raised red skin lesion due to interstitial fluid, associated with allergic reaction |
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Zosteriform |
linear shape of skin lesion along a nerve route |