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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A skin disease, especially one that is not accompanied by inflammation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or condition of having a bony integument, or osseous exoskeleton, as exemplified by a sturgeon, turtle, or armadillo.
  • noun In pathology, any disease of the skin.

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  • noun medicine generic term for disease of the skin.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation)

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Examples

  • These genetic bumps, called dermatosis papulosis nigrans, are benign and show up under the eyes and upper cheeks and sometimes over the nose.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • These genetic bumps, called dermatosis papulosis nigrans, are benign and show up under the eyes and upper cheeks and sometimes over the nose.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • These genetic bumps, called dermatosis papulosis nigrans, are benign and show up under the eyes and upper cheeks and sometimes over the nose.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • However, Selim believes that the spots were more likely caused by the mummification process than dermatosis.

    Hatshepsut Found; Thutmose I Lost 2007

  • Dried, powdered bark is used against leprosy, orchitis, rheumatism, dermatosis and fever and to heal wounds, while the leaves are used to treat head, eye, ear and tooth troubles, or as a bath for the treatment of migraine and vertigo.

    Chapter 1 1994

  • Acute dermatosis due to resurgence of the varicella-zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox.

    Chapter 9 1993

  • - Consider the nutritional status and the general health of the family, particularly for infectious dermatosis.

    Chapter 9 1993

  • Leprosy may in some instances resemble a chronic dermatosis such as eczema or pityriasis versicolor.

    Chapter 9 1993

  • Sweet's syndrome - A comprehensive review of an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2010

  • Sweet's syndrome - also known as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis - is a skin condition marked by fever and painful skin lesions that appear mainly on your arms, face and neck.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2010

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