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Term Definition
Macule circumscribed flat area of skin, different in color or texture from its surrounding tissue
Patch A large non raised lesion, more than .5 cm in diameter
wheal An elevated white or pink compressible, evanescent raised lesion produced by dermal edema
Tumor an enlargement of the tissues by normal or pathologic material or cells that form a mass
Nodule is a solid mass of the skin which can be observed as an elevation or can be palpated
Plaque An elevated area of skin more than .5 cm in diameter with a relatively broad flat surface which appears like a plateau in cross-section
Papule a small solid elevation of the skin
Vesicle circumscribed elevation of the skin less than 0.5 cm in diameter and containing a liquid
bulla a circumscribed elevation of skin of 0.5 cm or more in diameter containing a liquid
Pustule A visible accumulation of pus in the skin
Erosion loss of the epidermis which heals without scarring
ulcer defect or loss of dermis and epidermis produced by sloughing of necrotic tissue
Fissure linear gap or slit in the skin surface
Crust is an outer layer from the drying of exudate, secretion, or hemorrhage
Scale is a flat plate or flake of stratum corneum
LICHENIFICATION chronic thickening of the epidermis with exaggeration of its normal markings, often as a result of (chronic) scratching or rubbing.
ATROPHY diminution of a tissue
STRIAE streak or band of linear, atrophic, pink, purple or white lesions of the skin due to changes in connective tissue
EXCORIATION is any loss of substance of skin produced by scratching
SCAR fibrous tissue replacing normal tissues destroyed by injury or disease
BURROW cuniculus, passage, or tunnel in the skin that houses a metazoal parasite, particularly the acarus of scabies
COMEDO is a plug of keratin and sebum in a dilated pilosebaceous orifice
Telangiectasia are small dilated blood vessels near the surface of the skin
PETECHIAE punctate hemorrhagic spot less than 2 mm in diameter
NEVUS sharply-circumscribed and chronic lesions of the skin, mole

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Created April 15, 2008
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  1. Telangiectasia → are small dilated blood vessels near the surface of the skin - 7 misses
  2. PETECHIAE → punctate hemorrhagic spot less than 2 mm in diameter - 6 misses
  3. LICHENIFICATION → chronic thickening of the epidermis with exaggeration of its normal markings, often as a result of (chronic) scratching or rubbing. - 3 misses
  4. Pustule → A visible accumulation of pus in the skin - 2 misses
  5. STRIAE → streak or band of linear, atrophic, pink, purple or white lesions of the skin due to changes in connective tissue - 2 misses
  6. EXCORIATION → is any loss of substance of skin produced by scratching - 2 misses
  7. Macule → circumscribed flat area of skin, different in color or texture from its surrounding tissue - 1 miss