neurodermatitis
IPA: nʊrʌdˈɝmʌtˈaɪtʌs
noun
- (dermatology) Lichen simplex chronicus, a skin disorder characterized by chronic itching and scratching, resulting in thick, leathery, brownish skin.
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Examples of "neurodermatitis" in Sentences
- Functional Gl disorders and neurodermatitis, both secondary to stress.
- Lichen simplex chronicus on the ankle: Lichen simplex chronicus is also known as neurodermatitis.
- Some alternative practitioners use blue light beams as a supplemental application in treating people with neurodermatitis.
- MANAGEMENT very persistent and occuring in circumscribed patches), neurodermatitis (chronic itching skin eruption due to nervous disease), urticaria
- About this time, May-ling’s face began to break out—probably a new manifestation of the nervous attacks of her childhood and the neurodermatitis that would plague her throughout her life.
- They list such benefits as alleviating pain and reducing inflammation; reducing hypertonicity of muscles; improving joint and muscle function; and reducing and relieving skin irritation, cutaneous lesions with neurodermatitis and psoriasis.
- The most common causes of pruritus - the medical term for itching - or accompanying illness associated with it are neurodermatitis, psoriasis, contact eczema, dry skin, metabolic dysfunction and neurological problems, a pruritus centre at the university clinic in Muenster, Germany said.
- * In 1973, sister Ching-ling complained to a friend that she had been “a victim of neurodermatitis for over 5 months” with “itching and insomnia”; five years later, she wrote that the bright klieg lights at a party congress had “caused my old skin trouble to return, while my body and face are covered with red itchy patches.
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