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health assessment 312
skin disorders description
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
05/29/2013

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Term
Large flat region, >1cm, color change
Definition
PATCH
Term
Elevated region, >1cm, filled with clear fluid
Definition
BULLA
Term
Lesions that run together
Definition
Confluent lesion
Term
Elevated, well circumscribed lesion, deep into dermis, >2cm,
Definition
TUMOR
Term
Lesion shape that look like bull's eye
Definition
TARGET
Term
Confluence of petechiae and ecchymoses
Definition
PURPURA
Term
Darkened patches of skin due to pregnancy
Definition
CHOLASMA
Term
Macules resulting from small dermal hemorrhages.
Definition
PETECHIAE
Term
Fine, irregular, red visible capilaries
Definition
TELANGIECTASIA
Term
Round lesion with central clearing.
Definition
ANNULAR
Term
Progressively enlarged scar.
Definition
KELOID
Term
Connection of a lesion by a stalk of tissue
Definition
PEDUNCULATION
Term
Describes the skin's elasticity and mobility.
Definition
TURGOR
Term
elevated lesion, >1 cm, filled with purulent fluid and semisolid matterial
Definition
cyst
Term
Itching
Definition
PRURITIS
Term
Can cause a decrease in skin turgor
Definition
DEHYDRATION
Term
Large papule, > 1cm
Definition
PLAQUE
Term
Discoloration of the skin, caused by leaking blood, >3mm
Definition
ECCHYMOSES
Term
Dry, greasy, or silvery scales on top of a plaque or other lesion.
Definition
SCALE
Term
Rough, thick epidermis.
Definition
LICHENIFICATION
Term
Red
Definition
ERYTHEMATOUS
Term
Small, flat lesion, < 1cm
Definition
MACULE
Term
elevated lesion, <1 cm, filled with purulent fluid
Definition
PUSTULE
Term
Firm texture
Definition
INDURATION
Term
Elevated small lesion, < 1cm
Definition
PAPULE
Term
Thickened, dried-out exudate on a lesion that ruptures or dries
Definition
CRUST
Term
Elevated, circumscribed lesion, deeper into dermis than papule
Definition
NODULE
Term
Hives
Definition
URTICARIA
Term
Elevated lesion, < 1cm, filled with clear fluid
Definition
VESICLE
Term
Pattern of region along a nerve root
Definition
ZOSTERIFORM
Term
Superficial, raised, transient, erythematous, edema
Definition
WHEAL
Term
Lesion, or lesions with a snake-like appearance
Definition
GYRATE
Term
A of ABCDE of melanoma assessment
Definition
Asymetry
Term
Lesion or group of lesion that make a straight line
Definition
LINEAR
Term
Thinning of epidermis, leaving a depression
Definition
STRAIE
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