DISORDERS DISEASES OF THE SKIN EXAM
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●● What is leukoderma?
Answer: light, abnormal patches of depigmented skin
●● What is the term for a flat spot or discoloration of the skin, such as a
freckle?
Answer: macule
●● What is true of malignant melanoma?
Answer: it is the most serious form of skin cancer
●● What condition is also known as melasma?
Answer: hyperpigmentation
●● What is an example of epidermal cysts?
Answer: milia
, ●● What is another name for the acute inflammatory disorder miliaria
rubra?
Answer: prickly heat
●● What term refers to a pigmented nevus?
Answer: mole
●● What is another name for a nevus?
Answer: birthmark
●● What is tinea versicolor?
Answer: yeast infection of the skin that inhibits melanin production
●● What is the common name of the contagious infection tinea
corporis?
Answer: ringworm
●● What is the generic term for a fungal infection?
Answer: tinea
●● What is the scientific term for couperose skin?
Answer: Telangiectasia