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LICHEN RUBER PLANUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lichen ruber planus mean?
• LICHEN RUBER PLANUS (noun)
The noun LICHEN RUBER PLANUS has 1 sense:
1. an eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs
Familiarity information: LICHEN RUBER PLANUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
lichen planus; lichen ruber planus
Hypernyms ("lichen ruber planus" is a kind of...):
lichen (any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks)
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