the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair
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Hyperpigmentation
unusual darkening of the skin
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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, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.unusual lack of skin color
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science.a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science.(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity)
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A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.eczema characterized by thickening of the skin with accentuated skin lines
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and end…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the disc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.eczema characterized by thickening of the skin with accentuated skin lines
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unusual, darkening, skin.
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