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Definition of Melasma
1. Noun. A tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives.
Definition of Melasma
1. n. A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease.
Definition of Melasma
1. Noun. (medicine) A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone. ¹
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Medical Definition of Melasma
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Literary usage of Melasma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On diseases of the skin: A System of Cutaneous Medicine by Erasmus Wilson (1868)
"With such an inference we are indisposed to agree, and the physiology of the
suprarenal capsules in no way inclines to such a conclusion. melasma ..."
2. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"melasma luis been designated as an accidental and temporary blackish discoloration
of the skin. There are several varieties : that called Addison's disease, ..."
3. Pathology and treatment of diseases of the skin: For Practitioners and Students by Moriz Kaposi (1895)
"... DISEASE— melasma—APPENDIX : ICTERUS, ARGYRIA, TATTOOING. BY hypertrophy we
mean those morbid conditions of the skin which manifest themselves as an ..."
4. A treatise on the theory and practice of medicine by John Syer Bristowe (1880)
"... two such lesions of them which have any clinical interest, namely tubercle (Addison's
Disease) and malignant disease. A. Addison's Disease. (melasma ..."
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