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FLESH-COLORED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flesh-colored mean?
• FLESH-COLORED (adjective)
The adjective FLESH-COLORED has 1 sense:
1. having a bright red or pinkish color
Familiarity information: FLESH-COLORED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a bright red or pinkish color
Synonyms:
flesh-colored; flesh-coloured
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
Context examples
It is characterized by numerous flesh-colored warty papules on the back of the hands, medial aspect of the feet, knees, and elbows.
(Acrokeratosis Verruciformis, NCI Thesaurus)
It presents as a flesh-colored, hyperhidrotic, painful papule or plaque appearing at birth or during childhood.
(Eccrine Angiomatous Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It may appear as a small white or flesh-colored bump that grows slowly and may bleed.
(Basal cell cancer, NCI Dictionary)
The warts are soft, moist, pink, or flesh-colored bumps.
(Genital Warts, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
The rose or flesh-colored nose has a slightly convex shape called "Roman nose."
(Ibizan Hound, NCI Thesaurus)
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