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noun
A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: chloasma faciei, mask of pregnancy, melas, pregnancy mask
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: chloasma, mask of pregnancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symptom
History
From Latin melasma, from Ancient Greek μέλασμα (mélasma), from μελαίνειν (melaínein, “to blacken”) + -σμα (-sma), from μέλας (mélas, “black”).
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