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ROSACEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance
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Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rosacea" is a kind of...):
acne (an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones)