Which of the following terms means red skin condition?

A) cyanoderma
B) erythroderma
C) melanoderma
D) leukoderma


B) erythroderma
Erythr/o means red and -derma means skin condition; thus, erythroderma means
red skin condition. Cyan/o means blue; therefore, cyanoderma means blue skin condition.
Melan/o means black; hence, melanoderma means black skin condition. Leuk/o means white, so
leukoderma means white skin condition.

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