lichen sclerosus

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lichen sclerosus

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uncountable A chronic inflammatory skin disease, often affecting the genitals. So when, in 2018, a gynecologist recommended a vulval biopsy to check for signs of cancer, she hesitated. The doctor suspected that the whitish speck of skin that Gillian had found next to her clitoris was lichen sclerosus, a skin condition that is usually benign.
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@misc{lichen_sclerosus_2026,
  title = {lichen sclerosus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lichen%20sclerosus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}