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- Acrokeratosis Verruciformis
- presence of numerous flat, wartlike papules on dorsal of hands, feet, knees, elbows
- Alopecia
- loss of hair
- Amniocentesis
- a procedure whereby amniotic fluid containing fetal cells is taken from the mother’s womb and analyzed
- Ataxia
- failure of muscle coordination
- Autosomal
- relating to a chromosome other than a sex chromosome
- Bulla
- elevated lesion on the skin containing fluid
- Collodion membrane
- a clear membrane (sometimes having a shellacked appearance) which may cover the bodies of some babies at birth and is then shed within a few days to a few weeks
- Contractures
- shortening and thickening of a functioning muscle or fiber
- Cryptorchidism
- undescended testes
- Cryptorchidism
- failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
- Desquamation
- to peel off in the form of scales
- Dominant
- exerting genetic dominance
- Eclabium
- turning out of the lips due to skin tautness
- Ectropion
- condition when the skin around the eyes pulls so tightly it causes the eyelids to turn outward, exposing the red inner lid
- Emollient
- skin lubricants, usually petroleum or lanolin based
- Erythroderma
- abnormal redness of the skin
- Failure to thrive
- chronic undernourishment in children
- Fetoscopy
- examination of the pregnant uterus by means of a fiber optic tube
- Humectant
- a substance that promotes retention of moisture
- Hypergonadism
- abnormally increased function of the gonads
- Hyperpigmentation
- abnormally increased pigmentation
- Hyperproliferation of skin
- rapid skin turnover
- Hypoplasia
- incomplete development of an organ or tissue
- Ichthyosis
- a family of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaling skin
- Ipsilateral
- situated on or affecting the same side
- Keratinocytes
- skin cells
- Keratins
- proteins that form the bulk (or most) of epidermal tissues
- Keratolytics
- substances used to breakdown or dissolve keratins, or loosen scale, found in lotions or creams containing salicylic acid, urea, or alpha hydroxy acids such as lactic and glycolic acids
- Lipids
- various fatty substances, which are thought to account for the skin’s impermeability to water
- Malabsorption
- faulty absorption of nutrient materials
- Micrognathia
- abnormal smallness of the jaw
- Nevus
- relatively stable malformation of the skin
- Occlusion suits
- plastic-like clothing used to seal moisture into the skin
- Papule
- small, superficial elevation of the skin
- Photosensitivity
- increased sensitivity to sunlight
- Pruritus
- localized or generalized itching
- Recessive
- expressed only when the determining gene is transmitted by both parents
- Retinoids
- a derivative of synthetic Vitamin A
- Stratum corneum
- the top layer of skin
- Subungual hyperkeratosis
- scale (debris) beneath the nail
- Systemic Therapy
- the use of drugs taken internally
- Topical Therapy
- treatments applied externally to the area or areas affected by the disorder
- Trichorrhexis Invaginata
- condition in which hairs are split and feather-like
- X-linked
- located in an X chromosome
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