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What does the term 'cutaneous' refer to?
What does the term 'cutaneous' refer to?
pertaining to the skin
What is a lesion?
What is a lesion?
a wound, injury, or pathological change in body tissue
What does the term 'systemic' refer to?
What does the term 'systemic' refer to?
pertaining to a system or the whole body
What is the meaning of 'therapeutic'?
What is the meaning of 'therapeutic'?
What is the epidermis?
What is the epidermis?
What is the dermis?
What is the dermis?
What is an adipocele?
What is an adipocele?
What is a lipocyte?
What is a lipocyte?
What is a steatoma?
What is a steatoma?
What does the term 'subcutaneous' refer to?
What does the term 'subcutaneous' refer to?
What is a dermatologist?
What is a dermatologist?
What does the term 'hypodermic' refer to?
What does the term 'hypodermic' refer to?
What is cyanosis?
What is cyanosis?
What is erythema?
What is erythema?
What is erythematous?
What is erythematous?
What is an erythrocyte?
What is an erythrocyte?
What is hidrosis?
What is hidrosis?
What is sudoresis?
What is sudoresis?
What is ichthyosis?
What is ichthyosis?
What is keratosis?
What is keratosis?
What is melanoma?
What is melanoma?
What is dermatomycosis?
What is dermatomycosis?
What is onychomalacia?
What is onychomalacia?
What is pilonidal?
What is pilonidal?
What is trichopathy?
What is trichopathy?
What is scleroderma?
What is scleroderma?
What is seborrhea?
What is seborrhea?
What does the term 'squamous' refer to?
What does the term 'squamous' refer to?
What does the term 'thermal' refer to?
What does the term 'thermal' refer to?
What is xeroderma?
What is xeroderma?
What does the suffix '-derma' refer to?
What does the suffix '-derma' refer to?
What does the suffix '-oma' refer to?
What does the suffix '-oma' refer to?
What does the suffix '-phoresis' refer to?
What does the suffix '-phoresis' refer to?
What does the suffix '-plasty' refer to?
What does the suffix '-plasty' refer to?
What does the suffix '-therapy' refer to?
What does the suffix '-therapy' refer to?
What is cryotherapy?
What is cryotherapy?
What does the prefix 'an-' mean?
What does the prefix 'an-' mean?
What does the prefix 'epi-' mean?
What does the prefix 'epi-' mean?
What does the prefix 'homo-' mean?
What does the prefix 'homo-' mean?
What is a homograft?
What is a homograft?
What does the prefix 'hyper-' mean?
What does the prefix 'hyper-' mean?
What is an adipoma or lipoma?
What is an adipoma or lipoma?
What is an adipocyte or lipocyte?
What is an adipocyte or lipocyte?
What is ichthyosis?
What is ichthyosis?
What is onychoma?
What is onychoma?
What is onychopathy?
What is onychopathy?
What is onychomalacia?
What is onychomalacia?
What is trichopathy?
What is trichopathy?
What is xeroderma?
What is xeroderma?
What is xerosis?
What is xerosis?
What is a leukocyte?
What is a leukocyte?
What is a melanocyte?
What is a melanocyte?
What is anhidrosis?
What is anhidrosis?
What is hyperhidrosis?
What is hyperhidrosis?
What is an abrasion?
What is an abrasion?
What is an abscess?
What is an abscess?
What is a furuncle?
What is a furuncle?
What is a carbuncle?
What is a carbuncle?
What is acne?
What is acne?
What is alopecia?
What is alopecia?
What is a burn?
What is a burn?
What is carcinoma?
What is carcinoma?
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Study Notes
Skin and Skin Disorders
- Cutaneous refers to the skin
- Epidermis is the outer layer of skin
- Dermis is the inner layer of skin, including nerves, hair, and glands
- Subcutaneous refers to under the skin
Lesions and Tumors
- Lesion is a wound, injury, or pathological change in body tissue
- Adipocele is a hernia or swelling containing fat or fatty tissue
- Lipocyte is a fat cell
- Steatoma is a fat tumor
- Melanoma is a tumor that is black
Skin Conditions
- Cyanosis is an abnormally blue condition
- Erythema is a red color, usually of cells
- Erythematous pertains to red color
- Erythrocyte is a red cell
- Hidrosis and sudoresis are abnormal sweating
- Ichthyosis is an abnormally dry, itchy, scaly condition
- Keratosis is an abnormally hard tissue
Fungal and Bacterial Infections
- Dermatomycosis is an abnormal fungus of the skin
Nail and Hair Disorders
- Onychomalacia is the softening of the nail
- Onychoma is a tumor of the nail
- Onychopathy is a disease of the nail
- Trichopathy is a disease of the hair
Surgical and Therapeutic Terms
- -derma means skin
- -oma means tumor
- -phoresis means carrying or transmission
- -plasty means surgical repair
- -therapy means treatment
- Cryotherapy is cold treatment
Prefixes and Suffixes
- an- means without
- epi- means above
- homo- means same
- hyper- means above
- xer- means dry
Other Terms
- Abscess is a localized collection of pus at the site of infection
- Abrasion is the scraping away of the skin via friction
- Acne is an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous follicle
- Alopecia is the absence or loss of hair, baldness
- Burn is a tissue injury caused by contact with a thermal, chemical, electrical, or radioactive agent, classified as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd degree
- Carcinoma is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells
- Carbuncle is a cluster of boils in subcutaneous tissue
- Furuncle is an abscess that originates in a hair follicle, also known as a boil
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