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Title: Skin Glossary
Description: A guide to the common terms used for the components of skin and its conditions.
Description: A guide to the common terms used for the components of skin and its conditions.
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Skin Glossary
Word
Abscess
Crusting
Cyst
Erosion
Erthyema
Excoriation
Exudate
Fissure
Fungating
Hyperkeratosis
Hypertrophy
Lesion
Maceration
Mucosa
Meaning
A localised collection of pus
Forming an hard outer layer
A membranous sac or cavity of
abnormal character in the body;
containing fluid
The gradual destruction of tissue by
physical or chemical action
Superficial reddening of the skin,
usually in patches, as a result of
injury or irritation caused by the
dilation of blood capillaries
A place where the skin is scraped
A mass of cells and fluid that has
seeped out of blood vessels or an
organ, especially in inflammation
A linear-like cleavage/cut in the skin,
sometimes extending into the dermis
(it is smaller than a skin laceration)
A skin lesion that becomes like a
fungus in appearance and growth
rate
...
They range in size from 1 – 2cm
in diameter
A small pimple or swelling in the skin,
often forming part of a rash
A well-circumscribed, elevated,
superficial, solid lesion, greater than
1cm in diameter
A small pimple or blister on the skin
containing pus
A fluid-filled sack in the outer layer of
the skin
A raised, itchy (pruritic) area of skin
that is sometimes an overt (obvious)
sign of allergy
Title: Skin Glossary
Description: A guide to the common terms used for the components of skin and its conditions.
Description: A guide to the common terms used for the components of skin and its conditions.