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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.
Medical Definition of Mask of pregnancy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mask Of Pregnancy
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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