Notes on Skin, Hair, and Nail Vocabulary

A good understanding of vocabulary words in pharmacy is very important for communication with professors, fellow students, patients, and coworkers. Knowledge of understanding leads to successful communication and success as a pharmacy student, as a pharmacy technician, and as a practicing pharmacist.  

Skin Vocabulary

abscess

acne

birthmark

black nail

black toe

blister

boils

break out

bruise

bump

chigger

clear up

cracked

crusty

cyst

dermatitis

diaper rash

dry

eczema

excrete

flaky

 gash

hangnail

hives

inflammation

irritation

itch

keloid

most

mole

ooze

patch

pimple

pins and needles

prickly heat rash

psoriasis

pus

pustules

rupture

scabies

scabs

scales

scar

scrape

scratch

shingles

sore

spider bite

ulcers

wart

wound

wrinkles

zit

Hair Vocabulary

alopecia

coarse

dandruff

dry

fine

hair loss

head lice

oily

scalp

silky

Nail Vocabulary

Black nail

Black toe

Brittle

clubbing

cuticle

floating

fungal infection

ingrown nail peeling nail

splitting nail

Parts of Speech

Noun (n)	Infinitive/Verb (v) --Past Tense	Adjective (adj)	Adverb (adv)
a blister	to blister, blistered	blistery
a boil	to boil, boiled	boiling, boiled
brittleness		brittle	brittle
a bruise	to bruise, bruised	bruised
a bump	to bump, bumped	bumpy
a crack	to crack, cracked	cracked, cracking
a crust	to crust, crusted	crusty, crusting
dryness	to dry, dried	dry, dried, drying	dryly
eczema		eczematous
excretion	to excrete, excreted	excreted
flake, flakiness	to flake, flaked	flaky	flakily
inflammation	to inflame, inflamed	inflamed, inflammatory
irritation, irritant	to irritate, irritated	irritable, irritated, irritating	irritably
itch, itchiness	to itch, itched	itchy, itching
laceration	to lacerate, lacerated	lacerated
moistness	to moisten, moistened	moist	moistly
oil, oiliness	to oil, oiled	oily, oiled
ooze	to ooze, oozed	oozy
a patch	to patch, patched	patchy, patched
a pimple		pimply, pimpled	pimplier
psoriasis			psoriatic
pus		pussy
a rupture	to rupture, ruptured	rupturing, ruptured
a scab	to scab, scabbed	scabby, scabbed
a scar	to scar, scarred	scarred, scarring
a scrape	to scrape, scraped	scraped
a sore		sore	sorely
sweat	to sweat, sweated	sweaty, sweating	sweatily
a swell	to swell, swelled	swollen, swelling, swelled
an ulcer, an ulceration		ulcerated
a wound	to wound, wounded	wounded, wounding

 

Idiomatic Expressions

Idiomatic Expressions using “Skin”

1. By the skin of his teeth
2. To be thick skinned
3. To get under my skin
4. To make my skin crawl
5. To be skin deep

Idiomatic Expressions using “Hair”

1. To get in my hair
2. To let my hair down
3. To tear my hair out
4. To keep your hair on
5. Make your hairs stand on end

Idiomatic Expressions using “Nail”

1. To be hard as nails or tough as nails
2. To be nail biting