NUR 1175 Unit 1 ch 65 vocab
- acne vulgaris
Answer
severe acne
- alopecia
Answer loss of hair
- alopecia areata
Answer
Autoimmune disorder that causes the affected hair follicles to be mistakenly attacked by a person's own immune system; usually begins with one or more small, round, smooth bald patches on the scalp.
- Androgenetic alopecia
Answer
male pattern baldness
- body piercing
Answer
the insertion of jewelry through an artificial opening 1 / 2
- carbuncle
Answer
a cluster of connected furuncles (boils)
- Comedone
Answer blackhead
- dandruff
Answer
flaking of the outer layer of dead skin cells.
- dermabrasion
Answer
rubbing or scraping away the outer surface of skin
- dermatitis
Answer
inflammatory condition of the skin
- dermatome
Answer
Area of skin supplied by a single spinal nerve
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