skin scaliness

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• skin disease — ▪ pathology Introduction  any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human skin. They have a wide range of causes. General features       Although most diseases affecting the skin originate in the layers of the skin, such abnormalities are… …   Universalium

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• discoid lupus erythematosus — (DLE) a chronic form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus in which the skin lesions mimic those of the systemic form but systemic signs are rare and develop only occasionally after many years. It is characterized by discoid skin plaques with edema,… …   Medical dictionary

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• scaly — adjective 1 an animal, such as a fish, that is scaly is covered with small flat pieces of hard skin 2 scaly skin is dry and rough scaliness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hy|per|ker|a|to|sis — «HY puhr KEHR uh TOH sihs», noun. 1. a chronic poisoning of cattle, characterized by hardening and scaliness of the skin, caused by ingestion of or contact with various toxic substances. 2. rough, dry skin caused by a deficiency of vitamin A in… …   Useful english dictionary

• rough — I. adjective (rougher; roughest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rūh; akin to Old High German rūh rough, Lithuanian raukas wrinkle Date: before 12th century 1. a. marked by inequalities, ridges, or projections on the surface ; coarse… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• Leprosy —    (Heb. tsara ath, a smiting, a stroke, because the disease was regarded as a direct providential infliction). This name is from the Greek lepra, by which the Greek physicians designated the disease from its scaliness. We have the description of …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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