rosacea
See also: rosácea
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rosacea (usually uncountable, plural rosaceas)
- (pathology) A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.
- Synonym: acne rosacea
- 2008 April 24, Camille Sweeney, “In a Perfect World, Rosacea Remains a Problem”, in New York Times[1]:
- It’s hardly surprising that rosacea tends to strike the fair-skinned, especially people of Celtic or Northern European extraction, according to the National Rosacea Society, an association that receives financing from pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies that market rosacea remedies.
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chronic condition
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rosacea f (plural rosacee)
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rosācea
- inflection of rosāceus:
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rosāceā