Question 1

Skin injury that scrapes away surface of the skin.

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Abrasion

Question 2

gland

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aden/o

Question 3

A collection of pus in the skin

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Abscess

Question 4

fat

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adip/o

Question 5

absence or loss of hair, especially of the head

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Alopecia

Question 6

blue

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cyan/o

Question 7

the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination

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Biopsy

Question 8

sweat

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hidr/o

Question 9

bacterial infection of the skin, produced when bacteria enter a hair follicle

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Boil

Question 10

horny tissue, hard

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kerat/o

Question 11

Superficial burns through only the epidermis.

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first degree burn

Question 12

melanin, black

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melan/o

Question 13

A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.

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second degree burn

Question 14

nail

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onych/o

Question 15

pus

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py/o

Question 16

intentional destruction of tissue by a caustic chemical, electric current, laser, or freezing

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cauterization

Question 17

sebum (oil)

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seb/o

Question 18

Inflammation of cellular or connective tissue

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cellulitis

Question 19

hair

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trich

Question 20

nail

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ungu/o

Question 21

blunt trauma to skin that results in bruising but no break in the skin

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contusion

Question 22

life

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bi/o

Question 23

using extreme cold to freeze and destroy tissue

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cryosurgery

Question 24

cancer

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carcin/o

Question 25

cold

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cry/o

Question 26

fluid-filled sac under the skin

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cyst

Question 27

removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue from a wound

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debridement

Question 28

red

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erythr/o

Question 29

de-: down

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decubitus (decub) ulcer

Question 30

dry, scaly

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ichthy/o

Question 31

scraping skin involving the use of a revolving wire brush or sandpaper

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dermabrasion

Question 32

white

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leuk/o

Question 33

instrument used to cut skin (in thin slices for skin grafts)

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dermatome

Question 34

fungus

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myc/o

Question 35

"black and blue" skin bruise caused by blood collecting under skin after trauma

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ecchymosis

Question 36

death

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necr/o

Question 37

hardening

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scler/o

Question 38

redness of the skin

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erythema

Question 39

crack-like lesion or groove on the skin

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fissure

Question 40

bladder, sac

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vesic

Question 41

tissue necrosis caused by loss of blood supply

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gangrene

Question 42

yellow

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xanth/o

Question 43

dry

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xer/o

Question 44

Viral infection of the nerve root that causes blisters commonly called shingles

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herepes zoster

Question 45

small

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-cle

Question 46

cell (suffix)

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-cyte

Question 47

jagged wound

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laceration

Question 48

surgical removal

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-ectomy

Question 49

producing

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-genic

Question 50

a pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury

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lesion

Question 51

flat, colored spot on the skin; example is a freckle or birthmark

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macule

Question 52

state, condition

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-ia

Question 53

aggressive form of skin cancer that originates in a melanocyte; prone to metastasize or spread

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malignant melanoma (MM)

Question 54

inflammation

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-itis

Question 55

tissue death

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necrosis

Question 56

abnormal softening

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-malacia

Question 57

solid, raised clump of skin cells

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nodule

Question 58

study of

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-logy

Question 59

inflammation of the nail bed resulting in loss of nail

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onychia

Question 60

enlarged

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-megaly

Question 61

resembling

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-oid

Question 62

small, solid, raised lesion on surface of the skin

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papule

Question 63

flat, pinpoint, purplish spots from bleeding under the skin

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petechiae

Question 64

tumor, mass

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-oma

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