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SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seborrheic keratosis mean? 

SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS (noun)
  The noun SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS has 1 sense:

1. a skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crustplay

  Familiarity information: SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("seborrheic keratosis" is a kind of...):

keratosis (a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin)


 Context examples 


A benign skin condition commonly seen in dark-skinned individuals that is characterized by multiple small hyperpigmented papular lesions resembling seborrheic keratosis on the face and upper body.

(Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra, NCI Thesaurus)



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