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| Horny or cornified layer composed of protein |
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| Color or pigmentation of the skin |
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| Inner layer of skin (true skin) |
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| Sudoriferous (sweat) gland |
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| tiny, coiled tubular structures that emerge through pores on skin |
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| secrete sebum (oil) into the ahir follicles where the hair shaft pass through the dermis |
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| compressed, kertinized cells that arise from hair follicles |
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| excision or surgical removal |
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| diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
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| flow, excessive discharge |
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| abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust |
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| Fibrous tumor of the skin |
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| inflammation of a sweat gland |
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| abnormal condition of a hidden nail (ingrown nail) |
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| abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails |
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| Eating the nails (nail biting) |
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| Diseased state around the nail |
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| excessive discharge of sebum |
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| abnormal condition of a fungus in the hair |
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| Scraping away of the skin by mechanical process or injury |
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| localized collection of pus |
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| inflammatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous glands and hair follicles |
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| precancerous skin condition of horny tissue formation that results from excessive exposure to sunlight. It may evolve into a squamous cell carcinoma. |
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| epithelial tumor arising from the epidermis. Seldom metastasizes but invades local tissue. (BCC) |
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| an infection of the skin, mouth (thrush), or vagina caused by the yeast-type fungus Candida albicans Candida is normally present in the mucous membranes; overgrowth causes an infection. Esophageal candidiasis is often seen in patients with AIDS |
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| skin infection composed of a cluster of boils caused by staphlyococcal bacteria |
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| inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by infection, leading to redness, swelling, and fever |
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| injury with no break int he skin, characterized by pain, swelling and discoloration (bruise) |
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| noninfectious, inflammatory skin disease characterized by redness, blisters, scans and itching |
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| slit or crack-like sore in the skin |
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| painful skin node caused by staphylococcal bacteria in a hair follicle (boil) |
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| death of tissue by loss of blood supply followed by bacterial invasion |
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| inflammatory skin disease caused by herpes virus characterized by small blisters in clusters. Many types of herpes exist. Herpes simplex causes fever blisters, herpes zoster (shingles) is characterized by painful skin eruptions that follow nerves inflamed by the virus |
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| superficial skin infection characterized pustules and caused by either staphylococci or streptococci |
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| a cancerous condition starting as purple or brown papules on the lower extremities that spreads through the skin to the lymph nodes and internal organs. Frequently seen in AIDS |
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| any visible change in tissue resulting from injury or disease. It is broad term that includes sores, wounds, ulcers, and tumors |
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| invasion into the skin and hair by lice |
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| chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with silvery scales |
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| skin infection caused by the itch mite, charactized by papule eruptions that are caused by the female burrowing in the outer layer of the skin and laying eggs. This condition is accompanied by severe itching. |
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| a disease characterized by chronic harderning (induration) of the connective tissue of the skin and other body organs |
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| development of painful, inflamed blister that folloe the nerve routes. Caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox |
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| a malignant growth that develops from scale-like epithelial tissue. On the skin it appears as a firm, red, painless bump. The most frequent cause is chronic exposure to sunlight (SqCCa) |
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| Systemic lupus erthematosus |
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| a chronic inflammatory disease involving the skin, joints, kidneys, and nervoud system. This autoimmune disease is charactized by periods of remission and exacerbations. It also may affect other organs. (SLE) |
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| fungus infection of the skin (ringworm) |
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| an itiching skin eruption composed of wheals of varying size and shape. It is usually related to an allergy. |
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| view of life (the removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope) |
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| surgical repair using one' own skin (skin graft autograft) |
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| surgical repair using skin from others (skin graft allograft) |
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| surgical repair of the skin |
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| excision of wrinkles (facelift) |
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| surgical repair of wrinkles |
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| a physician who studies and treats skin (disease) |
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| study of the skin (a branch of medicine that deals with diagnosis and treatment of skin disease) |
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| instrument used to cut skin |
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| pertaining to upon the skin |
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| red skin (abnormal redness of the skin |
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| pertaining to under the skin |
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| pertaining to within the skin |
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| origination in horny tissue |
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| white skin (less color than normal) |
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| abnormal condition of death (cells and tissue die because of disease) |
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| pertaining to through the skin |
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| berry-shaped (bacteria) in grapelike clusters (these bacteria cause many skin disease) |
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| berry-shaped (bacteria) in twisted chain |
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| pertaining to under the skin |
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| an individual with pigment deficiency in the eyes, hair, and skin |
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| hypersensitivity to a substance |
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| a closed sac containing fluid or semisolid material |
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| a herpes-type virus that usually causes disease when the immune system is compromised |
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| removal of contaminated or dead tissue and foreign matter from an open wound |
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| procedure to remove skin scars with abrasive material, such as sandpaper |
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| escape of blood into the tissues, causing superfical discoloration; a "black and blue" mark |
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| puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid |
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| agent that softens or soothes the skin |
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| condition charactized by a yellow tinge to the skin |
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| overgrowth of scar tissue |
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| condtion of characterized by white spots or patched on mucous membrane, which may be precancerous |
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| flat, colored spot on the skin |
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| cicumscribed malformation of the skin, usually brown, black or flesh colored. A congenital nevus is present at birth, it is referred to as a birthmark (mole) |
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| a small knotline mass that can be felt by touch |
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| small, solid skin elevation (pimple) |
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| pinpoint skin hemorrhages |
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| disorder characterized by hemorrhages into the tissue, giving the skin a purple-red discoloration |
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| elevation of skin containing pus |
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| eroded sore on the skin or mucous membrane |
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| cicumscribed cutaneous elevation caused by a virus (wart) |
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| small elevation of the epidermis containing liquid (blister) |
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| transitory, itchy elevation of the skin with a white center and a red surrounding area; a wheal is an individual urticaria (hive) lesion |
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| systemic lupus erythematosus |
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