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Definition of Keratosis pilaris
1. Noun. Keratosis characterized by hard conical elevations in the openings of sebaceous glands (especially of arms and thighs).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keratosis Pilaris
Literary usage of Keratosis pilaris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"keratosis pilaris Synonyms.—Pityriasis pilaris; Lichen pilaris; FT., ...
Definition,—keratosis pilaris is a hypertrophic affection characterized by the ..."
2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1892)
"He admits the difficulty of diagnosis in this case, although easily differentiated
from psoriasis, pityriasis rubra (Hebra), keratosis pilaris, ..."
3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"keratosis pilaris is an affection of the skin characterized by the presence ...
keratosis pilaris may occur at any age, although it is' most commonly seen ..."
4. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by John Vietch Shoemaker (1909)
"keratosis pilaris is a hypertrophie disease, characterized by the appearance of
pin-head-sized conical elevations about the orifices of the hair-follicles. ..."
5. A Compend of Diseases of the Skin by Jay Frank Schamberg (1913)
"keratosis pilaris is a hypertrophie affection characterized by pinhead-sized
epidermal accumulations at the mouths of hair-follicles. Symptoms. ..."
6. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1911)
"The term keratosis pilaris is applied to the roughening of the skin not uncommonly
seen upon the extensor surfaces of the thighs and arms from the presence ..."
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