Medical Terminology #3
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sassnewt on January 25, 2011
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chapter 3 integumentary system
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adip/olip/o steat/o | fat |
| lipocyte | fat cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| steatitis | inflammation of fatty tissue |
| -itis | inflammation |
| cutane/o dermat/o derm/o | skin |
| cutaneous | pertaining to the skin |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| dermatologist | physician specializing in treating skin disorders |
| hypodermic | under or inserted under the skin, as in a hypodermic deficient |
| hidr/o sudor/o | sweat |
| hidradenitis | inflammation of a sweat gland |
| aden | gland |
| -itis | inflammation |
| sudoresis | condition of profuse sweating also called diaphornesis and hyperhidrosis |
| -esis | condition |
| ichthy/o | dry,scaly |
| ichthyosis | any of several dermatologic conditions characterized by noninflammatory dryness and scaling of the skin, commonly associated with other abnormalities of lipid metabolism |
| -osis | abnormal condition increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard;cornea |
| keratosis | any condition of the skin characterized by an overgrowth and thickening of skin |
| melan/o | black |
| melanoma | malignant tumor of melanocytes that commonly begins in a darkly pigmented mole and can metastasize widely |
| -oma | tumor |
| myc/o | fungus (plural fungi) |
| dermatomycosis | fungal infection of the skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| onych/o | nail |
| onychomalacia | abnormal softening of the nails |
| -malacia | softening |
| pil/o trich/o | hair |
| pilonidal | growth of hair in a dermoid cyst or in a sinus opening on the skin |
| nid | nest |
| -al | pertaining to |
| trichopathy | any disease of the hair |
| -pathy | disease |
| scler/o | hardening;sclera (white of eye) |
| scleroderma | chronic disease with abnormal hardening of the skin caused by formation of new collagen |
| -derma | skin |
| seb/o | sebum.sebaceous |
| seborrhea | increase in the amount and commonly, an alteration of the quality of the fats secreted by the sebaceous glands |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| squam/o | scale |
| squamous | covered with scales; scalelike |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| xer/o | dry |
| xeroderma | chronic skin condition characterized by excessive roughness and dryness |
| -derma | skin |
| pyoderma | any pyogenic infection of the skin |
| py/o | pus |
| -oid | resembling |
| dermoid | resembling skin |
| derm | skin |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| diaiphoresis | condition of profuse sweating, also called sudoresis and hyperhidrosis |
| dia- | through across |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| dermatoplasty | surgical repair of the skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -therapy | treatment |
| cryotherapy | treatment using cold as a destructive medium |
| cry/o | cold |
| albin/o | white |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xanthoma | yellow tumor |
| melanoderma | black skin |
| leukoderma | white skin |
| erythroderma | red skin |
| cyanoderma | blue skin |
| albinism | white condition |
| abrasion | scraping of rubbing away of a surface, such as skin, by friction |
| abscess | localized collection of pus at the site of an infection (characteristically a staphylococcal infection) |
| furuncle | abscess that originates in a hair follicle; also called boil |
| carbuncle | cluster of furuncles in the subcutaneous tissue |
| acne | inflammatory disease of sebacceous follicles of the skin, marked by comedos (blackheads),papules, and pustules |
| alopecia | absence or loss of hair, especially of the head; known as baldness |
| comedo | discolored, dried sebum plugging an excretory duct of the skin; also called blackhead |
| cyst | closed sac or pouch in or under the skin with a definite wall that contains fluid, semifluid, or solid material |
| sebaceous | a cyst filled with sebum (fatty material) from a sebaceous gland |
| eczema | redness of the skin caused by swelling of the capillaries |
| hemorrhage | loss of large amount of blood in a short period, externally or internally |
| contusion | hemorrhage of any size under the skin in which the skin is not broken; also known as a bruise |
| ecchymosis | skin discoloration consisting of a large irregularly formed meorrhagic area with colors changing from blue-black to greenish brown or yellow; commonly called a bruise |
| petechia | minute pinpoint hemorrhagic spot of the skin |
| hematoma | elevated, localized collection of blood trapped under the skin that usually results from trauma |
| hirsutism | condition characterized by excessive growth of hair or presence of hair in unusual places, especially in women |
| impetigo | bacterial skin infection characterized by isolated pustules that become crusted and rupture |
| psoriasis | chronic skin disease characterized by itchy red patches covered with silvery scales |
| scabies | contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite |
| skin lesions | areas of pathologically altered tissue caused by disease, injury, or a wound due to external factors or internal disease |
| primary lesions | `initial reaction to pathologically altered tissue that may be flat or elevated |
| secondary lesions | result from the changes that take place in the primary lesion due to infection,scratching,trauma, or various stages of a disease |
| tinea | fungal infection whose name commonly indicates the body part affected; also called ringworm |
| ulcer | lesion of the skin or mucous membrane marked by inflammation, necrosis, and sloughing of damaged tissues |
| pressure ulcer | skin ulceration caused by prolonged pressure, usually in a person who is bedridden; also known as decubitus ulcer or bedsore |
| urticaria | allergic reaction of the skin characterized by eruption of pale-red elevated patches that are intensely itchy; also called wheals or hives |
| verruca | rounded epidermal growths caused by a virus; also called wart |
| vitiligo | localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized by milk-white patches; also called leukoderma |
| biopsy | removal of a small piece of living tissue from an organ or other part of the body for microscopic examination to confirm or establish a diagnosis, estimate prognosis, or follow the course of a disease |
| skin test | method for determining induced sensitivity (allergy) by applying or inoculating a suspected allergen or sensitizer into the skin and determining sensitivity (allergy) to the specific antigen by an inflammatory skin reaction to it |
| cryosurgery | use of subfreezing temperature, commonly with liquid nitrogen to destroy abnormal tissue cells, such as unwanted cancerous or infected tissue |
| debridement | treatment that involves removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue; especially in a wound, and is used to promote healing and prevent infection |
| electrodessication | process in which high-frequency electrical sparks are used to dehydrate and destroy diseased tissue |
| incision and drainage | incision of a lesion such as an abscess followed by the drainage of its contents |
| skin graft | surigical procedure to transplant healthy tissue by applying it to an injured site |
| allograft | transplantation of healthy tissue from one site to another site in the same individual |
| autograft | transplantation of artificial skin produced from collagen fibers arranged in a lattice pattern |
| synthetic | transplantation of artificial skin produced from collagen fibers arranged ina lattice pattern |
| xenograft | transplantation (dermis only) from a foreign donor (usually pig) and transferred to a human; also called heterograft |
| skin resufacing | procedure that repairs damaged skin. acne scars, fine or deep wrinkles, or tattoos or improves skin tone irrgularities through the use of topical chemicals, abrasion, or laser |
| chemical peel | use of chemicals to remove outer layers of skin to treat acne scarring and general keratoses as well as cosmetic purposes to remove fine wrinkles on the face; also called chemabrasion |
| cuntaneous laser | any of several laser treatments employed for cosmetic and plactic surgery |
| cutane | skin |
| dermabrasion | removal of acne scars, nevi, tattoos, or fine wrinkles on the skin through the use of sandpaper, wire brushes, or other abrasive materials on the epidermal layer |
| auto- | self own |
| epi- | above on |
| hypo- | under below deficient |
| epi | above on |
| sub- | under below |
| circumscribed | Bounded by a line; limited or confined |
| lesion | 1. A wound or injury.2. A pathologic change in the tissues.3. One of the individual points or patches of a multifocal disease |
| melanoma | malignant tumor of melanocytes that commonly begins in a darkly pigmented mole and can metastasize widely |
| nevus | 1. A circumscribed malformation of the skin, especially if colored by hyperpigmentation or increased vascularity; a nevus may be predominantly epidermal, adnexal, melanocytic, vascular, or mesodermal, or a compound overgrowth of these tissues. 2. A benign localized overgrowth of melanin-forming cells of the skin present at birth or appearing early in life. |
| trauma | An injury, physical or mental |
| vermilion border | the junction between the skin aspect of the lip and the vermilion zone |
| vulgaris | Ordinary; of the usual type |
| syncope | Loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by diminished cerebral blood flow |
| sclerosed | ... |
| psoriasis | A common multifactorial inherited condition characterized by the eruption of circumscribed, discrete and confluent, reddish, silvery-scaled maculopapules; the lesions occur predominantly on the elbows, knees, scalp, and trunk, and microscopically show characteristic parakeratosis and elongation of rete ridges with shortening of epidermal keratinocyte transit time due to decreased cyclic guanosine monophosphate. |
| histiocytoma | A tumor composed of histiocytes. |
| FH | Family History |
| colitis | Inflammation of the colon. |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| Bx, bx | biopsy |
| cm | centimeter (1/100 of a meter |
| Derm | dermatology |
| FH | family history |
| FS | frozen section |
| I&D | incision and drainage; irrigation and debridement |
| ID | intrdermal |
| IM | intramusclar |
| IMP | impression (synonymous with diagnosis) |
| PE | physical examination |
| subcu,Sub-Q, subQ | subcutaneous (injection) |
| ung | ointment |
| WBC | white blood cell; white blood count |
| XP, XDP | xeroderma pigmentosum |
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