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Medical Term Review Game

Skin

Question: scar of a healed wound
Answer: cicatrix

Question: inherited condition characterized by a lack of pigment
Answer: albinism

Question: superficial wart-like growth on the the epithial tissue or elsewhere on body
Answer: papilloma

Question: general term for skin lesions or eruptions
Answer: dermatosis

Question: any skin growth
Answer: dermatosis

Hair/Nails

Question: infestations of lice

Answer: pediculosis

Question: "spoon nail" outer surface of nail is concave
Answer: koilonychia

Question: excessive facial body hair in women occuring in a male pattern
Answer: hirsutism

Question: fungal infection of the nail
Answer: onychomycosis

Question: ingrown toenail
Answer: onychocryptosis

Skin Cont.

Question: contaious bacterial skin infection
Answer: impetigo

Question: warts
Answer: verrucae

Question: general term for skin lesions or eruptions
Answer: dermatosis

Question: itching
Answer: pruritus

Question: atypical moles that can develop into skin cancer
Answer: dysplastic nevi

Prefix/Suffix

Question: dermat/o
Answer: skin

Question: onych/o
Answer: fingernail or toenail

Question: xer/o
Answer: dry

Question: albin/o
Answer: white

Question: hidr/o
Answer: sweat

Misc.

Question: an auto-immune disorder, red scaly rash on face/upper trunk
Answer: lupus erythematosus

Question: surgical repair or reconstruction of an eyelid
Answer: blepharoplasty

Question: medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue from a wound
Answer: debridement

Question: clotted blood trapped in the tissues
Answer: hematoma

Question: abnormal condition of sweating
Answer: hyperhidrosis