MELASMA
\mˈɛlazmə], \mˈɛlazmə], \m_ˈɛ_l_a_z_m_ə]\
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a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives
By Princeton University
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a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Disorders of increased melanin pigmentation that develop without preceding inflammatory disease.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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A black spot or ecchymosis, occurring on the lower extremities of old people especially. Also a cutaneous affection analogous to chloasma, differing from it only in the dark colour of the morbid pigment. It is also called Pityriasis nigra.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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