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lichen sclerosus et atrophicus

noun lichen scle·ro·sus et atro·phi·cus
\-sklə-ˈrō-səs-et-ˌā-ˈtrō-fi-kəs\

Medical Definition of LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS

:  a chronic skin disease that is characterized by the eruption of flat white hardened papules with central hair follicles often having black keratotic plugs

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