med term 2
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- actinic keratosis
- a skin lesion caused by excessive exposure to the sun
- albin/o
- white
- albinism
- an inherited deficiency or absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and irises due o a missing enzyme for the production of melanin
- alopecia
- the partial or complete, loss of hair most commonly on the scalp; baldness
- bi/o
- life
- blepharoplasty
- Surgical reduction of the upper and lower eyelids...a lid lift
- bulla
- a large blister usually more than 0.5cm in diameter
- carbuncle
- a cluster of connected furuncles; boils
- cellulitis
- an acute, rapidly spreading infection withing the connective tissues of the skin
- chloasma
- pigmentation disorder characterized by brownish spots on face/melasma/mask of pregnancy
- circatrix
- a normal scar resulting from the healing of a wound
- comedo
- a noninfected lesion fromed by the buildup of sebum and keratin in a hair follicle
- debridement
- removal of dirt, foreign objects damaged tissue and cellular debris from a wound to prevent infection and promote healing
- derm/o,dermat/o
- drying
- dermatitis
- inflammation of the skin
- diaphoresis
- redness of skin
- dyplastic nevi
- precancerous mole
- ecchymosis
- bruise
- eczema
- dry skin
- erythr/o
- flushed, redness
- lip/o
- fat/lipid
- melan/o
- black/dark
- myc/o
- fungus
- onych/o
- fingernail/toenail
- pedicul/o
- louse
- pil/o
- hair
- rhytid/o
- wrinkle
- seb/o
- sebum
- xer/o
- dry