kraurosis

kraurosis
kraurotic /kraw rot"ik/, adj.
/kraw roh"sis/, n. Pathol.
atrophy and shrinkage of the skin, esp. of the vulva.
[1885-90; < Gk kraûr(os) dry, brittle + -OSIS]

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  • Kraurosis de la vulve — ● Kraurosis de la vulve localisation aux organes génitaux externes de la femme d une affection dermatologique, le lichen scléro atrophique …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Kraurosis penis — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 L90.0 Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus N48.0 Leukoplakie des Penis Balanitis xerotica obliterans N90.4 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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