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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
lichen sclerosus en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) A chronic inflammatory skin disease, often affecting the genitals.
So when, in 2018, a gynecologist recommended a vulval biopsy to check for signs of cancer, she hesitated. The doctor suspected that the whitish speck of skin that Gillian had found next to her clitoris was lichen sclerosus, a skin condition that is usually benign.
2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times:
Hyponyms
balanitis xerotica obliterans
Synonyms
LS