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lichenification [lī‚ken·ə·fə′kā·shən] (medicine) The process whereby the skin becomes leathery and hardened; often the result of chronic pruritis and the irritation produced by scratching or rubbing eruptions. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Overall response, body surface area involvement, and clinical severity scores for erythema (redness of the skin), edema (swelling), pruritis (itching), excoriations (scratch marks), scaling and lichenification (accentuation of skin markings) were monitored at quarterly visits. |
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