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