Abscess
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A localized zone of inflammation due to staphylococcal infection, in which pus forms in a tissue space walled off from surrounding tissues by fibrin coagulated tissue fluids, and eventually fibrous tissue
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Alopecia
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Local or widespread loss of scalp hair
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Avulsion
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The ripping or tearing away of a part
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Blepharitis
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Inflammation of one or both eyelids
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Bulla
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A blister; a fluid-filled epidermal sac larger than a vesicle
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Carbuncle
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A spreading lesion made up of furuncles communicating by subcutaneous passages
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Cicatrix (scar)
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A zone of fibrous tissue occurring at the site of healed injury or inflammatory or destructive lesion extending into the dermis
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Comedo
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Blackhead
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Contusion
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Bruise
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Crust
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A hard, friable, irregular layer of dried blood, serum, pus, tissue debris, or any combination of these adherent to the surface of injured or inflamed skin; a scab
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Cryoprobe
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A cryosurgical instrument containing a circulating refrigerant, which can be rapidly chilled so as to deliver subfreezing temperature to tissues
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Dermatitis
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Inflammation of the skin
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Dermatographism
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The property of abnormally sensitive skin by which strokes or writing with a pointed object are reproduced on the skin surface as raised red lines
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Dermatosis
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A general term for any abnormal condition of the skin, but usually excluding inflammatory conditions, which are called dermatitis
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Discoid
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Consisting of small flat plaques
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