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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