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Pimple

Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not.

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Acne 76% connected

A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.

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Papule 76% connected

Same as Papula.

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Pustule 76% connected

A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus.

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Acne rosacea noun · 78% connection

a skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance

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Adrenal cortical steroid noun · 78% connection

a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…

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Alopecia noun · 78% connection

loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or cert…

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.
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Biopsy noun · 78% connection

examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease

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Birthmark noun · 78% connection

a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

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Cancroid noun · 78% connection

the most common form of skin cancer

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Cellulitis noun · 78% connection

an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain

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Corium noun · 78% connection

the deep vascular inner layer of the skin

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Corticoid noun · 78% connection

a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…

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Corticosteroid noun · 78% connection

a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…

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Cuticle noun · 78% connection

the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

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Derma noun · 78% connection

the deep vascular inner layer of the skin

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Dermatitis noun · 78% connection

inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters

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Dermatology noun · 78% connection

the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases

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Eczema noun · 78% connection

generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages

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Fungal infection noun · 78% connection

an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus

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Antipyic adjective · 78% connection

Checking or preventing suppuration.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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Apostemation noun · 78% connection

The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.

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Blister noun · 78% connection

A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collecti…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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Boil noun · 78% connection

A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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Bulla noun · 78% connection

A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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Cuticular adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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Dermatogen noun · 78% connection

Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.

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Desquamation noun · 78% connection

The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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Devious adjective · 78% connection

Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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Digestion noun · 78% connection

Generation of pus; suppuration.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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Digestive noun · 78% connection

A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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Eccoriate verb · 78% connection

To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, acuminated, elevation, cuticle, whether.
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