an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
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Keratosis
a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin
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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.the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
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
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an overgrowth of skin layers resulting from extended exposure to the sun
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with browni…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.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: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny har…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.eczema characterized by thickening of the skin with accentuated skin lines
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.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: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.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: skin, condition, marked, overgrowth, layers.Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentia…
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