acetowhitening
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editacetowhitening (uncountable)
- The whitening of skin or mucous membrane after application of acetic acid solution (used to identify zones of squamous cell change)
- 2015 September 3, “Design of a Novel Low Cost Point of Care Tampon (POCkeT) Colposcope for Use in Resource Limited Settings”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Black arrows indicate suspicious regions due to heterogeneity in acetowhitening and/or vascular abnormality.