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After falling down some stairs, the patient comes to the Emergency Department with multiple purplish patches on the skin caused by leaking blood vessels. The physician would document that the patient has multiple:
Select the term with the correct spelling.
A small, solid, circumscribed skin elevation is a
What is the word for a skin disorder that literally means "white skin"
This is a skin cancer that arises from pigment-producing cells. Its name means "black tumor.
Infection of connective tissue in the dermis is:
bx is the abbreviation for_________.
The form of plastic surgery known as a "face lift" is more properly known as __________________, which means surgical repair of wrinkles.
What is the correct medical term meaning a fungal infection of the hair? (not the term including the word tinea, but a one word answer for this condition)
In the skeletal system, the combining form myel/o means:
What is the correct medical term for the symptom of itchy skin?
What is the medical term for indicating a diseased state of the liver (not a particular disease, but the term that generally means a disease of the liver)?
Which two terms indicate that a person recieved a skin graft using skin transplanted from another individual?
Select the combining form that means to cut.
What is the correct medical term for abnormally soft nails?
This disease is characterized by an abnormal thickening and hardening of the skin
A person may sweat excessively due to inflammation in the sweat glands, a condition called
Patches of purpura due to leaking blood vessels in the dermis are called
A person diagnosed with pediculosis has
What is the correct medical term for dry skin?