Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

skin, scalded, syndrome
See 
staphylococcal
scalded skin syndrome.
skin biopsy
Removal of a piece of skin for the
purpose of diagnostic examination. Skin biopsy is
most frequently done to diagnose skin growths,
such as moles, or skin conditions, such as rashes.
Different skin biopsy techniques are used in differ-
ent situations. A shave biopsy takes a thin slice and
can be used to remove superficial lesions. A punch
biopsy takes a core and can be used to remove
small lesions and to diagnose rashes and other con-
ditions. Excisional biopsies are generally larger and
deeper than shave and punch biopsies, and they are
used to completely remove an abnormal area of
skin (lesion), such as a skin cancer.
skin cancer
See 
cancer, skin.
skin graft
Skin used to cover an area where the
patient’s skin has been lost due to a burn, an injury,
or surgery. The most effective skin grafts involve
moving the patient’s own skin from one part of the
body to another. The second most effective type are
skin grafts between identical twins. Beyond these
two procedures, there is a strong chance that the
body will reject the new skin, although the graft may
protect the body and give the body time to grow new
skin of its own.
skin graft, allogenic
A graft using skin from
another person (not an identical twin). Also known as
skin allograft.
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skin graft, autologous
A graft using the
patient’s own skin. Also known as autogenic skin
graft.
skin graft, composite
A graft technique in
which both the patient’s own skin and donor skin
are used together.