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100
What is a circular shape?
Annular
100
What is redness or inflammation of the skin or mucus membranes?
Erythema
100
What is a symptom of itching?
Pruritus
100
What is superficial, raised, transient, and erthyematous; slightly irregular shape from edema. (Mosquito bite)?
Wheal
100
What is a benign tumor composed of adipose tissue?
Lipoma
200
What is wasting away or a decrease in size?
Atrophy
200
What is a bluish discoloration of an area of the skin or mucus membrane?
Ecchymosis
200
What is turbid fluid in a cavity?
Pustule
200
What is a linear arrangement along a unilateral nerve route (shingles)?
Zosteriform
200
What is a skin condition found among African Americans where a scar forms at the site of a wound and grew beyond normal boundaries of the wound?
Keloid
300
What are lesions that run together?
Confluent
300
What is yellowish skin color?
Jaundice
300
What is any of several bleeding disorders characterized by hemorrhage into the tissues, particularly beneath the skin or mucus membranes, producing ecchymosis or petechaie?
Purpua
300
What is a disorder characterized by a localized or generalized enlargement of the lymph nodes or lymph vessels- may indicate cancer?
Lympthadenopathy
300
What is a pigmented skin blemish that is usually benign but may become cancerous?
Nevus
400
What is an ecapsualted fluid filled cavity in dermis or sub Q layer, tensely elevating skin?
Cyst
400
What is rednes of the skin?
Rubor
400
What are tiny punctuate hemorrhages 1-3mm, round and discrete, will not Blanche, caused by bleeding from superficial capillaries?
Petechiae
400
What is an elevated cavity containing free fluid; up to one cm; a blister?
Vesicle
400
What is significant hair loss?
Alopecia
500
What is a scooped out but hollow depression?
Erosion
500
What is softening and breakdown of the skin resulting from prolonged exposure to moisture?
Maceration
500
What is a deep depression extending into the dermis, irregular shape, may bleed?
Ulcer
500
What is something you can feel caused by superficial thickening of the epidermis (mole)?
Papule
500
What is longer than 1cm diameter, usually single chambered,superficial in epidermis?
Bulla






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