Chloasma Definition

klō-ăzmə
chloasma
noun
A skin discoloration on the face and chest, resulting from pregnancy, disease, malnutrition, etc.
Webster's New World

(medicine) Melasma; a cutaneous condition with yellow or yellowish-brown pigmented spots.

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Other Word Forms of Chloasma

Noun

Singular:
chloasma
Plural:
chloasmas

Origin of Chloasma

  • New Latin from Greek khloasma greenness from khloazein to be green from khloos greenish color ghel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek

    From Wiktionary

Chloasma Sentence Examples

  • If you are pregnant or taking the contraceptive pill you can develop chloasma - darker patches on your face.

  • The ICP peel is a powerful treatment for sun damaged skin and abnormal pigmentation of hormonal origin such as melasma and chloasma.

  • Chloasma, also called melasma, is a darkening of facial skin that can occur with pregnancy.

  • Staying out of the sun and using sunscreen are well-known ways to minimize chloasma, so the company's claims for the Anti-Chloasma Facial Sunscreen make sense.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHL

Words Ending With

AMASMA

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