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does the patient have a scar from surgery maybe it is like incisional???

Posted By: ME on 2007-09-22
In Reply to: s/l 'incisory' or rotational deformity - sm

Subject: does the patient have a scar from surgery maybe it is like incisional???

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A nodular, firm, movable, nonencapsulated, often linear mass of hyperplastic scar tissue, tender and frequently painful, consisting of wide irregularly distributed bands of collagen; occurs in the dermis and adjacent subcutaneous tissue, usually after trauma, surgery, a burn, or severe cutaneous disease such as cystic acne, and is more common in blacks. Syn: cheloid.










 


cheilo-, cheil-



Lips. See Also: chilo-, labio-.


Origin



[G. cheilos, lip]


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cheilosis, chilosis


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A condition characterized by dry scaling and fissuring of the lips, attributed by some to riboflavin and other nutritional deficiencies. See Also: cheilitis.


Origin



[cheil- + G. -osis, condition]










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