med term

• Urticaria


  Skin reaction characterized by the formation of smooth, raised, itchy patches; commonly called hives
• Wheal


  Smooth, slightly elevated area that is slightly redder or paler than the surrounding skin; if itchy, wheals are called hives
• Xeroderma


  Dry skin
• Maculopapular


  Lesion consisting of both macules and papules
• Lesion


  A wound, injury, or other pathologic change in the skin or other body tissue
• Malignant


  Tumor that is cancerous and can spread to other parts of the body
• Melanoma


  Malignant tumor of the pigment cells (melanocytes)
• Nervus


  Pigmented lesion of the skin, such as a mole; occasionally progress to malignant melanoma
• Papillary


  Pertaining to or resembling a nipple
• Carcinoma


  Malignant tumor of epithelial tissue characterized by many finger-like or nipple-like projections
• Papilloma


  A benign growth arising from the epithelial cells of the skin; often resembles a wart
• Urticaria


  Stinging nettle
• Xero-


  Dry
• Derma


  Skin
• Macula


  Spot
• Papul-


  Pimple
• Ar


  Pertaining to
• Melan-


  Black
• Oma


  Tumor; growth
• Nervus


  Birthmark
• Papill-


  Nipple-like
• Ary


  Pertaining to
• Carcinoma


  Malignant epithelial tumor
• Papule


  Pimple
• Petechia


  Skin spot
• Pruritus


  Itching
• Psoriasis


  Chronic skin disease characterized by itchy red patches covered with silvery scales
• Pustule


  A raised, pus-filled vesicle or sac within or just beneath the epidermis
• Psor-


  Itching
• Asis


  Condition
• Postule


  Blister
• Pyoderma


  Any several skin diseases characterized by pus-producing lesions, usually caused by bacterial infection
• Scabies


  Contagious parasitic infection of the skin characterized by the formation of small, raised, itchy lesions
• Sebaceous cyst


  A walled collection of sebum arising from a sebaceous gland; the cyst may enlarge as sebum collects and may become infected
• Pyo-


  Pus
• Scabies


  Scratch things
• Seb-


  Sebum
• Aceous


  Pertaining to
• Cyst


  Sac
• Pathologic Conditions


  • aneurysm
  • angina pectoris
  • angiospasm
  • aortostenosis
  • arrhythmia
  • arteriosclerosis
  • myocarditis
  • palpitation
  • pericarditis
  • peripheral vascular disease
  • phlebitis
  • Raynaud's phenomenon
  • rheumatic heart disease