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Definition of Kraurosis
1. Noun. Atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kraurosis
Literary usage of Kraurosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"... was similarly treated with good results, but kraurosis has never before been
treated surgically. PAEDIATRICS. UNDER THE CHARGE OF JOHN M. KEATING, MD, ..."
2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1896)
"THE pathological condition known under the name of kraurosis vulvae is one ...
The appellation of " kraurosis vulvae" (meaning shrinking of the vulva) was ..."
3. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"Mitchell, In- kraurosis VULVAE. . — H-'ol- Definition.—A chronic disorder involving
the external genitalia of women, characterized by atrophy, ..."
4. Gynæcology for Students & Practitioners by Thomas Watts Eden (1920)
"Berkeley and Bonney describe kraurosis as "an atrophie condition of the vulva
associated ... Thibierge states that " the functional symptoms of kraurosis ..."
5. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"applications the patient takes a bath and changes the clothes in order to prevent
a new transmission. Atrophy of the External Female Genitals (kraurosis ..."
6. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1893)
"In kraurosis or atrophy and dry- ness of the mucous membrane of the vagina, ...
The third case was that of a woman who had suffered from kraurosis during ..."
7. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1911)
"kraurosis is a term applied to an atrophy of the skin of the external genitals
in women. It was first described by ..."
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