Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A patchy brown or dark brown skin discoloration that usually occurs on a woman's face and may result from hormonal changes, as in pregnancy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Literally, greenness; in pathology, a name for a cutaneous affection characterized by patches of a yellow or yellowish-brown color, the pityriasis versicolor, occurring most frequently on the neck, breast, abdomen, and groin. The name is also applied less definitely to a number of brownish discolorations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
melasma ; acutaneous condition with yellow or yellowish-brownpigmented spots
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This “mask of pregnancy” called chloasma usually disappears within a few weeks after your baby’s birth.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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This “mask of pregnancy” called chloasma usually disappears within a few weeks after your baby’s birth.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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• Skin changes: linea nigra, mask of pregnancy chloasma
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Skin changes: linea nigra, mask of pregnancy chloasma
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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These patches are known popularly as liver spots or in medical language as _chloasma_.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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Lentigo consists simply of a circumscribed deposit of pigment granules -- merely a localized increase of the normal pigment, differing from chloasma (_q.v. _) only in the size and shape of the pigmentation.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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When upon exposed parts, stimulation of the patches, with the view of producing hyperæmia and consequent pigment deposit; conjoined with suitable applications to the surrounding pigmented skin, with a view to lessen the coloration (see _treatment of chloasma_), will be of aid in rendering the disease less conspicuous.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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#What cases of chloasma are included in the idiopathic group?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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#Into what two general classes may the various examples of chloasma be grouped?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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#What cases of chloasma are included in the symptomatic group?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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