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(pathology) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.
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Synonym of sclerodactyly
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A tumor of the distal portion of a sweat gland.
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A flat, bluish-gray lesion of the oral mucosa that results from amalgam particles going into the soft tissue.
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(pathology) Of the nature of aphtha; resembling thrush.
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(pathology) basal cell carcinoma
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The rim of loosened keratin surrounding a skin lesion.
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(pathology) A wartlike growth on the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by certain types of HPV viruses, usually occurring in the genital area
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(medicine) Any skin disorder associated with internal malignancy.
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A patch of abnormally thick skin.
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A disease of connective tissue, related to polymyositis, characterized by inflammation of the muscles and skin.
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(medicine) Any of the rod-shaped oval organisms observed in the cytoplasm of patients with granuloma inguinale (donovanosis).
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(pathology) Any disorder of an organ derived from an ectoderm
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Any abnormal outgrowth from the epidermis.
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dysplasia of the epidermis
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(pathology) A mass of granules
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(medicine) Inflammation of the follicular infundibulum, the superior portion of a hair follicle.
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(pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
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(medicine) A thick overgrowth of tissue on severe burns.
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(medicine) Of, relating to, or characterised by lipodermatosclerosis.
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(medicine) Any of various skin diseases marked by soft, pulpy nodules or tumors
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(medicine) localized scleroderma
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The most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, generally affecting the skin, but sometimes progressing internally over time. Symptoms include rash, tumors, skin lesions, and itchy skin.
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(pathology) A fungal infection of the eardrum (the tympanic membrane).
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(pathology) Resembling a naevus.
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(anatomy) A vascular birthmark or naevus, usually on the head and neck, consisting of an overgrowth of capillaries which produce a reddish to purplish discoloration of the skin.
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(pathology) A nodule containing Onchocerca in river blindness (onchocerciasis).
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One of the loose, inelastic folds of skin that characterize chalazoderma.
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(medicine) A condition in which the skin thickens and becomes hardened or verrucous.
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(medicine, of a form of morphea) Manifested by sclerosis of the dermis, panniculus, fascia, muscle, and at times, the bone, all causing disabling limitation of motion of joints.
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(pathology) Retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum layer of skin.
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(pathology) A disorder of keratinization that is characterized by the presence of a cornoid lamella, a thin column of closely stacked, parakeratotic cells extending through the stratum corneum with a thin or absent granular layer.
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(pathology) A constriction, typically of an airway, that has the appearance of a mass
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(medicine) Dermal fibrosis resembling scleroderma and occurring in conjunction with another disease.
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(medicine, pathology, outdated) Resembling sarcoma.
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(medicine) A multisystem disorder characterized by granulomas.
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Synonym of mycosis fungoides
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(pathology) A rare medical condition involving progressive thickening and hardening of the skin
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(medicine) induration of the cellular tissue
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(medicine) Any of various atrophic conditions characterized by a hardening of tissue, including atrophic fibrosis of the skin, hypoplasia of the nails, and palmoplantar keratoderma.
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(medicine) A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.
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Alternative form of scleroderma [(medicine) A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.]
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Alternative form of scleredema [(pathology) A rare medical condition involving progressive thickening and hardening of the skin]
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of or relating to fat, sebum
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A halt in the production of sebum by the sebaceous glands
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A cutaneous condition typically characterized as a solitary, deep-seated dermal nodule on the ventral surface of the body.
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Resembling sporotrichosis (but found to be due to other causes), as may be true of any nodular lymphangitis.
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(pathology) An encysted tumour.
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A neoplasm of the adnexa of the skin
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(medicine) A cutaneous condition characterized by a benign, highly structured tumour of the pilosebaceous unit.
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Alternative form of trichilemmoma [(medicine) A cutaneous condition, a benign neoplasm that differentiates toward cells of the outer root sheath.]
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(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
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A swelling of lymph nodes along the back of the neck, characteristic of the early phase of African trypanosomiasis, and suggestive of cerebral infection.
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Relating to xanthogranulomata.
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