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Definition of Perleche
1. Noun. A disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin.
Medical Definition of Perleche
1. Synonym: angular cheilitis. Origin: Fr. Per, intensive, + lecher, to lick (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perleche
Literary usage of Perleche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on diseases of the skin by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1907)
"LA perleche. Synonyms.—Bridou ; Parasitic disease of the lips. This is a peculiar
affection of the lips, especially of the commissures, observed chiefly in ..."
2. Diseases of the skin: Inluding the Acute Eruptive Fevers by Frank Crozer Knowles (1914)
"LA perleche (PARASITIC DISEASE OF THE LIPS). The affection attacks specially the
commissures of the lips, at times the vermilion, the mucous membrane of the ..."
3. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1898)
"LA perleche. This contagious disease is confined to the angles of the mouth.
It was first described in 1886 as prevalent among the children of Limousin in ..."
4. Skin and Venereal Diseases (1918)
"perleche has long been known and many monographs have appeared in the French ...
perleche is occasionally found in adults, but it is preeminently a disease ..."
5. Diseases of the Skin: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners by J. M. H. MacLeod (1921)
"perleche The name perleche has been extensively employed in France to designate
a familiar type of impetigo which affects the lips, especially in children. ..."
6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1886)
"... requisite in order that the precursory warming of the thermometer be neither
insufficient nor excessive.—Medical News, Aug. 28, 1886. LA perleche A NEW ..."
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