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| destruction of tissue with a hot or cold instrument, electric current or caustic substance |
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| destruction of tissue by using extreme cold, often by using liquid nitrogen |
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| removal of contaminated or dead tissue and foreign matter from an open wound |
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| procedure to remove skin scars with abrasive material, such as sandpaper |
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| surgical cut or wound produced by a sharp instrument |
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| incision and drainage (I & D) |
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| surgical cut made to allow the free flow or withdrawal of fluids from a lesion, wound or cavity |
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| procedure using an instrument that emits a high-powered beam of light used to cut, burn, vaporize or destroy tissue |
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| technique of microscopically controlled serial excisions of a skin cancer |
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| to stitch edges of a wound surgically |
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| closed sac containing fluid or semisolid material |
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| herpes-type virus that usually causes disease when the immune system is compromised |
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| escape of blood into the skin (or mucus membrane), causing a small, flat, purple or blue discoloration; similar to when blood is withdrawn by a needle and syringe from an arm vein |
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| puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid |
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| condition characterized by a yellow tinge to the skin |
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| overgrowth of scar tissue |
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| condition characterized by white spots or patches on mucous membrane, may be precancerous |
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| flat, colored spot on the skin |
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| circumscribed malformation of the skin, usually brown, black or flesh colored (aka mole) |
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| nevus present at birth (aka birthmark) |
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| small, knotlike mass that can be felt by touch |
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| small, solid skin elevation |
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| erosion of skin caused by prolonged pressure, often occurring in bedridden patients (aka bed sore) |
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| small hemorrhages in the skin (or mucous membrane) giving a purple-red discoloration; associated with blood disorders or vascular abnormalities |
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| elevation of skin containing pus |
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| erosion of the skin or mucous membrane |
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| circumscribed cutaneous elevation caused by a virus |
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| small elevation of the epidermis containing liquid (aka blister) |
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| transitory, itchy elevation of the skin with a white center and a red surrounding area; is an individual urticaria lesion |
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