n
(pathology) inflammation of the skin caused by mites
n
(dermatology) An uncommon and unusually severe form of acne characterized by burrowing and interconnecting abscesses and irregular scars.
n
Synonym of hidradenitis suppurativa
n
(pathology) Acne caused by mechanical irritation of the skin.
n
A form of acne that leaves large scars.
n
(medicine) An inflammatory disease of the skin, caused by changes in the pilosebaceous units.
n
(medicine) A cutaneous condition characterised by erythematous violaceous lesions, localised mainly on the legs and feet.
n
A cutaneous condition characterized by psoriasiform changes of hands, feet, ears, and nose, with involvement of the nails and periungual tissues being characteristic and indistinguishable from psoriatic nails. The condition is associated with carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract.
n
A rare disorder characterized by skin lesions that are small, verrucous, flat papules resembling warts.
n
acrodermatitis with pustular involvement
n
(pathology) Deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by failure to grow or loss after growth.
n
Synonym of male pattern baldness
n
(medicine, dermatology) Congenital absence of scalp hair, which may occur with or without an underlying disorder.
n
(medicine, dermatology) Hair loss of the body as well as of the scalp, accompanied by the shedding of the epidermis in the form of fine scales.
n
(medicine, dermatology) The most severe form of alopecia areata, involving the loss of hair from the entire body.
n
The absence of hair due to congenital or acquired physical reasons.
n
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
n
Alternative form of berlock dermatitis [A streaky form of phytophotodermatitis caused by exposure to perfume containing bergapten.]
n
A dermatological condition caused by hypersensitivity to bromides and characterized by an eruption of papules and pustules on the skin.
n
(medicine, pathology) A form of seborrheic dermatitis that occurs on the scalps of infants, causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.
n
Synonym of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
n
(pathology) A factitious disorder in which the patient feigns symptoms and produces signs of disease by scratching or otherwise damaging the skin.
n
A form of phytophotodermatitis exhibiting streaks where the skin was in contact with the plant.
n
(pathology) A form of exudative dermatitis found in the tropics
n
(medicine) Any disease of the skin.
n
An inherited autosomal-recessive disorder of the connective tissue in horses, causing fragile skin.
n
(dermatology, pathology) Synonym of freckle.
n
(medicine) Inflammation of the epidermis.
n
(pathology) Abnormal symptoms near the site of a tuberculous lesion
n
(dermatology) A skin condition caused by long-term exposure to heat (infrared radiation).
n
A skin disease with brown, scaly skin patches, caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium minutissimum.
n
An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
n
A condition in which the skin is reddened and inflamed.
n
(medicine) An allergic reaction in the skin observed in patients who have favus, which is a type of tinea capitis.
n
(medicine, dermatology) A solar elastotic disorder consisting of multiple open comedones that occurs in skin damaged by sunlight.
n
(medicine) Any of a group of inherited genetic skin conditions.
n
Synonym of mycosis fungoides
n
A wrinkled skin condition caused by the presence of hyaluronan
n
(pathology, archaic) A soft fungous excrescence, especially such as appears upon ulcerated parts.
n
The presence of less than the normal amount of hair or fur
n
(medicine) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin.
n
(medicine) A rare skin disorder, a form of ichthyosis characterized by massive hyperkeratosis with an appearance like spiny scales.
n
An eczematous dermatitis accompanying a variety of infectious disorders, often in response to an inflammatory tinea of the feet.
n
Any of various skin conditions causing horny skin.
n
(dermatology) Psoriasiform and vesicular pustular lesions of the palms and soles, seen in association with reactive arthritis.
n
A disease of the skin and/or mucous membranes, resulting in a lichenoid appearance.
n
(medicine) A skin condition similar to livedo reticularis but with more broken and branchy patterns.
n
(medicine) A sexually transmitted disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.
n
Synonym of dermatitis bullosa striata pratensis
n
(pathology) Any of a group of cutaneous diseases caused by fibroblasts producing abnormally large amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides (i.e. mucin), usually hyaluronic acid
n
(dermatology) Lichen simplex chronicus, a skin disorder characterized by chronic itching and scratching, resulting in thick, leathery, brownish skin.
n
(uncommon) Alternative form of neurodermatitis [(dermatology) Lichen simplex chronicus, a skin disorder characterized by chronic itching and scratching, resulting in thick, leathery, brownish skin.]
n
(medicine) Elephantiasis.
n
A skin disorder characterized by a superficial resemblance to psoriasis (red, scaly lesions), rather than by its underlying etiology.
n
An inflammation in the skin around the hair follicles.
n
(pathology) Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales, such as dandruff.
n
(medicine) A papular disease of the skin, with intense itching as the main symptom.
n
(medicine) A pruritic rash condition appearing during and after pregnancy in some women.
n
(pathology) Any skin disease that shares characteristics with cellulitis
n
(pathology) A condition that resembles erysipelas
n
(medicine) An infection of the skin by pyogenic bacteria.
n
(medicine, dermatology) A type of dermatitis resembling reticulosis but of different cause and character, usually actinic (caused by UV rays, usually from extensive sun exposure).
n
(medicine) Initialism of seborrhea, acne, hirsutism, and alopecia. (used only in the medical term SAHA syndrome) [(medicine) A skin disorder causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.]
n
(medicine, dermatology) A medical syndrome characterized by seborrhoea, acne, hirsutism and alopecia, frequently associated with polycystic ovary syndrome, cystic mastitis, obesity, and infertility.
adj
(medicine, pathology, outdated) fleshy.
n
(pathology) seborrheic psoriasis
n
(medicine) A skin disorder causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.
n
(medicine) A life-threatening condition affecting the skin in which cell death causes the epidermis to separate from the dermis.
n
(pathology) A pustular eruption that affects the scalp or the bearded part of the face
n
(medicine, dermatology) A condition where hair loss is caused by chronic pulling of the hair.
n
(medicine, rare) hypertrichosis
n
(medicine, archaic, rare) The falling out of the hair.
n
(medicine) A skeletal manifestation of tuberculosis.
n
Any of several cutaneous conditions involving redness and scarring, including atrophoderma vermiculatum and keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei.
n
A form of dermatitis caused by flour mites, associated with the vanilla industry.
n
(informal) severe hypertrichosis
Note: Concept clusters like the one above are an experimental OneLook
feature. We've grouped words and phrases into thousands of clusters
based on a statistical analysis of how they are used in writing. Some
of the words and concepts may be vulgar or offensive. The names of the
clusters were written automatically and may not precisely describe
every word within the cluster; furthermore, the clusters may be
missing some entries that you'd normally associate with their
names. Click on a word to look it up on OneLook.
Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!
Today's secret word is 7 letters and means "No longer existing; died out." Can you find it?