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LICHEN RUBER PLANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lichen ruber planus mean? 

LICHEN RUBER PLANUS (noun)
  The noun LICHEN RUBER PLANUS has 1 sense:

1. an eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighsplay

  Familiarity information: LICHEN RUBER PLANUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LICHEN RUBER PLANUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

lichen planus; lichen ruber planus

Hypernyms ("lichen ruber planus" is a kind of...):

lichen (any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks)


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