an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
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Chronic eczema
eczema characterized by thickening of the skin with accentuated skin lines
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a skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or cert…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.the most common form of skin cancer
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology.unusual darkening of the skin
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eczema caused by an allergic reaction
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pres…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eczema, characterized, thickening, skin, accentuated.a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
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