Definition of Mask of pregnancy

1. Noun. A tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives.

Exact synonyms: Chloasma, Melasma
Generic synonyms: Symptom

Medical Definition of Mask of pregnancy

1. A dark discolouration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease. Melasmic. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Black spot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mask Of Pregnancy

mashmen
mashrabiya
mashua
mashuas
mashugana
mashuganas
mashup
mashups
mashwa
mashwas
mashy
masing
masjid
masjids
mask
mask of pregnancy (current term)
mask shell
maskable
maskanda
masked
masked ball
masked epilepsy
masked facies
masked gout
masked hyperthyroidism
masked shrew
masked virus
maskeg
maskegs
maskelynite

Literary usage of Mask of pregnancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science and art of obstetrics by Theophilus Parvin (1895)
"... face form what has been called the mask of pregnancy. The intensity of the color1 varies in different subjects; the patches become less dis- ..."

2. A Treatise on Obstetrics: For Students and Practitioners by Edward Parker Davis (1904)
"... Marriage of nephritic patient», 100 of patients with heart-lesions, 177 Mask of pregnancy. 142 Massage of breasts. 433. 477 in puerperal state. ..."

3. Principles and practice of obstetrics by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1918)
"These signs, together, give us positive information of pregnancy. Changes in the Skin.—Pigmentation; the mask of pregnancy; ..."

4. A Handbook of Obstetric Nursing for Nurses, Students and Mothers: Comprising by Anna Martha Fullerton, Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia (1903)
"... also may the peculiar browning of the skin found in irregular patches over the face, particularly on the forehead, and called the " mask of pregnancy. ..."

5. A Text-book of Legal Medicine and Toxicology by Walter Stanley Haines (1904)
"The discoloration is most marked upon the forehead and cheeks and around the eyes. If general over the face, it constitutes the mask of pregnancy. ..."

6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1899)
"The same is true of skin affections, both as to their nature and etiology. The so- called "mask of pregnancy" is the chloasma of other ..."

7. Portfolio of Dermochromes by Jerome Kingsbury, William Gaynor States, Eduard Jacobi (1913)
"It sometimes covers the entire face, as with a mask, and this is perhaps oftener seen in pregnancy, or at least the "mask of pregnancy" is a common ..."

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