Across
- 2. A chronic skin condition characterized by red lesions covered with silvery scales
- 4. A small circumscribed elevation caused by a virus; also called a wart
- 7. Swelling caused by accumulation of fluid
- 8. A small, solid, circumscribed skin elevation
- 12. therapeutic use of cold
- 14. Contagious skin infection characterized by blisters that later erupt to form a yellowish crust
- 17. drug that prevents pain during surgery
- 18. a cluster of connected furuncles (boils)
- 19. A circumscribed pigmented area, a mole, or a birthmark
- 22. An inflammatory eruption of the skin caused by bacterial infection of sebaceous glands and ducts
- 23. A condition in which a loss of pigment-producing cells results in whitish areas of skin
- 24. A small elevation of the epidermis that contains fluid; also called a blister
- 26. A genetic condition characterized by the lack or reduction of melanin
- 27. A closed sac or pouch containing fluid
- 28. An elevated lesion formed from the buildup of sebum and keratin; also called a pimple
- 29. An overgrowth of scar tissue
Down
- 1. infection of the skin caused by a fungus; aka ringworm
- 3. destroy and soften the outer layer of skin so that it is sloughed off or shed
- 5. removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue from a wound
- 6. parasitic insect (lice)
- 9. A skin wound caused by scraping
- 10. Itching
- 11. A loss or lack of scalp hair; also called baldness
- 13. examination of skin lesions by pressing a glass plate against the skin
- 15. A small circumscribed skin elevation that contains pus
- 16. A localized skin infection originating from a hair follicle
- 20. red inflamed areas appearing mostly on the nose and cheeks
- 21. applied to the surface of the skin
- 25. the mass of fibrin and cells that is produced in a wound