Dictionary Home » The American Heritage Medical Dictionary » elastosis perforans serpiginosa

elastosis perforans serpiginosa

elastosis perforans serpiginosa definition - medical

elastosis per·fo·rans ser·pig·i·no·sa (pûrˈfə-rănzˌ sər-pĭjˌə-nōˈsə)

noun
A disorder of the connective tissue characterized by ring-shaped groups of asymptomatic keratotic papules; the epidermis is thickened around a central plug of keratin, overlying an accumulation of elastic tissue.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.