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  2. Pallor - Wikipedia

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    Pallor is a pale color of the skin that can be caused by illness, emotional shock or stress, stimulant use, or anemia, and is the result of a reduced amount of oxyhaemoglobin and may also be visible as pallor of the conjunctivae of the eyes on physical examination. Pallor is more evident on the face and palms. It can develop suddenly or ...

  3. Argyria - Wikipedia

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    Argyria or argyrosis is a condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or silver dust. [1] The most dramatic symptom of argyria is that the skin turns blue or blue-gray, and is usually most prominent in sun-exposed areas of the skin.

  4. Mongolian spot - Wikipedia

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    Mongolian spot is a congenital developmental condition—that is, one existing from birth—exclusively involving the skin.The blue colour is caused by melanocytes, melanin-containing cells, that are usually located in the surface of the skin (the epidermis), but are in the deeper region (the dermis) in the location of the spot. [6]

  5. Human skin color - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. "Skin pigmentation" redirects here. For animal skin pigmentation, see Biological pigment. Extended Coloured family from South Africa showing some spectrum of human skin coloration Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among ...

  6. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    having a grey color Greek πολῐός (poliós), grey, grizzled poliomyelitis: poly-denotes a 'plurality' of something Greek πολῠ́ς (polús), many, a lot of, large, great polymyositis: por-pore, porous Greek πόρος (póros), passage, passageway pore porphyr-denotes a purple color Greek πορφύρα (porphúra), Tyrian purple ...

  7. Fitzpatrick scale - Wikipedia

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    The Fitzpatrick scale has been criticized for its Eurocentric bias and insufficient representation of global skin color diversity. [9] The scale originally was developed for classifying "white skin" in response to solar radiation, [2] and initially included only four categories focused on white skin, with "brown" and "black" skin types (V and VI) added as an afterthought.

  8. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    Warm, stiff feeling of skin when affected leg is pinched Rosenbach's test: Ottomar Rosenbach: clinical chemistry: bilirubinuria: Rosenbach's test at Whonamedit? colour produced on addition of nitric acid: Rosenstein's sign: Paul Rosenstein: general surgery: appendicitis: Advances in Pediatrics. JP Medical Ltd. p. 1432. ISBN 978-93-5025-777-7.

  9. Erythema dyschromicum perstans - Wikipedia

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    Erythema dyschromicum perstans (also known as ashy dermatosis, and dermatosis cinecienta) is an uncommon skin condition with peak age of onset being young adults, but it may also be seen in children or adults of any age. EDP is characterized by hyperpigmented macules that are ash-grey in