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PERLECHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perleche mean?
• PERLECHE (noun)
The noun PERLECHE has 1 sense:
1. a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin
Familiarity information: PERLECHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
cheilosis; perleche
Hypernyms ("perleche" is a kind of...):
disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)
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