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Meaning of lichen sclerosus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A chronic inflammatory skin disease, often affecting the genitals.

uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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