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CIRCUMSCRIBED, ELEVATED LESION GREATER THAN 5MM IN DIAMETER
USUALLY CONTAINS SEROUS FLUID
LOOKS LIKE A BLISTER |
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| SEGMENT OR LOBE THAT IS A PART OF THE WHOLE |
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| FLAT AREA OF DIFFERENT COLOR THAN SURROUNDING AREA |
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SMALL, CIRCUMSCRIBED LESION LESS THAN 1CM IN DIAMETER
ELEVATED |
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| ATTACHED BY A STEMLIKE OR STALKLIKE BASE (LIKE A MUSHROOM) |
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| VARIOUSLY SIZED CIRCUMSCRIBED ELEVATIONS CONTAINING PUS |
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| BASE OF A LESION THAT IS FLAT OR BROAD |
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| SMALL, ELEVATED LESIONLESS THAN 1 CM IN DIAMETER CONTAINING SEROUS FLUID |
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A PALPABLE, SOLID LESION UP TO 1 CM IN DIAMETER
FOUND IN SOFT TISSUE |
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| DESCRIPTIVE TERMS FOR PALPATION |
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SOFT
FIRM
SEMIFIRM
FLUID FILLED |
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| ABNORMAL REDNESS OF MUCOSA OR GINGIVA |
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| CLINICAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBE AN ORAL MUCOSAL LESION THAT APPEARS AS A SMOOTH RED PATCH OR GRANULAR RED AND VELVETY PATCH |
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| CLINICAL TERM FOR A WHITE PLAQUELIKE LESION ON THE ORAL MUCOSA THAT CANNOT BE RUBBED OFF OR DIAGNOSED AS A SPECIFIC DISEASE |
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| PALENESS OF THE SKIN OR MUCOSAL TISSUES |
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| ONE THOUSANDTH OF A METER |
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| CLEFT OR GROOVE SHOWING PROMINENT DEPTH |
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| SMALL NIPPLE SHAPED PROJECTIONS OR ELEVATIONS FOUND IN CLUSTERS |
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| TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE THE SURFACE TEXTURE OF A LESION |
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| MOST COMMON COLORS OF A LESION |
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RED
PINK
SALMON
WHITE
BLUE-BLACK
GRAY
BROWN
BLACK |
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| RADIOGRAPHIC TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE LESIONS IN BONE |
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COALESCENCE
DIFFUSE
MULTILOCULAR |
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| PROCESS BY WHICH PARTS OF A WHOLE JOIN TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE |
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| LESION WITH BORDERS THAT ARE NOT WELL DEFINED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT THE EXACT PERAMETERS, MAKING TREATMENT MORE DIFFICULT |
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| LESION THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE CONFINES OF ONE DISTINCT AREA AND IS DEFINED AS MANY LOBES OR PARTS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT FUSED TOGETHER, MAKING UP THE ENTIRE LESION (SOAP BUBBLES) |
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| SCALLOPING AROUND THE ROOT |
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RADIOLUCENT LESION THAT EXTENDS BETWEEN THE ROOTS (AS SEEN IN A TRAUMATIC BONE CYST)
APPEARS TO EXTEND UP THE PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT |
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| HAVING ONE COMPARTMENTTHAT IS WELL DEFINED OR OUTLINED (SIMPLE RADICULAR CYST) |
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| LESION WITH BORDERS THAT ARE WELL DEFINED AND IN WHICH ONE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE EXACT MARGINS AND EXTENT |
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