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What term means a yellow discoloration of the skin?
Jaundice
What is the medical term meaning grayish skin color?
Argyria is gray discoloration of the skin. Cyanosis is a bluish discoloration of the skin, but sometimes is used for gray.
What is the medical term for color is not good for newborns skin to have?
Jaundice is one kind of skin discoloration that newborns can have, which gives a yellow color to the skin. It is common in newborns as a transient condition and often treated with sunlight. Cyanosis is another. It is a sign of low oxygenation and causes a blueish coloration in the skin. It is also common and usually resolves after the initial resuscitation measures in newborns. Acrocyanosis is a partial blueish discoloration affecting mostly the areas outside of the newborn's body core area, such as in the hands and feet. Dyschromia is the general term for skin discoloration.
What is the medical term for macule?
Macule is a medical term meaning discoloration of the skin that can't be palpated. A common example is a freckle.
What is the medical term meaning black and blue discoloration of the skin caused by hemorrhage?
Contusions, purpurae, and petechiae all are purple skin discoloration caused by bleeding beneath the skin.
What is the medical term meaning discoloration of a penis?
Go to your local Health Department first and get a check-up and get tested for STD's. The nurse practitioner will be able to determine if you need to see a specialist and if you do they will refer you to the correct doctor.
How do you spell synanotic?
I think you might be looking for the term cyanotic, which describes blue discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to lack of oxygen.
Why shouldn't we stay in the sun?
Too much UV radiation harms the skin cells. Long term exposure over the years can cause wrinkling, discoloration, freckling, and skin cancer.
What does the term epidermal mean?
It means "of the skin".
Which term means between the skin?
Interdermal
What is the medical term meaning area of any size of hemorrhage under the skin?
The medical term for an area of any size of hemorrhage under the skin is ecchymosis. It appears as a discoloration due to blood leaking from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissues.
What does the slang term 'yellow' mean?
It means cowardly.
