CHLOASMA

(Lat.), n. n. Klo(ch2lo2)-asz(as)'ma3. Gen., chloas'matos (-is). Gr., x^oaov-"* (from xXodftiv, to be green). Fr., o., chloasme, panne hepatique, taches hepatiques, chaleurs du foie, masque. Ger., Pigmentflecken, Leberfleck. It., macchie epatiche. Sp., cloasnia, mancha hepdtica. 1. Liver spot, moth patch; a pigmentary disease of the skin, characterized by the formation of yellowish or brownish patches, of various sizes and shapes, usually without desquamation. 2. See PITYRIASIS versicolor. [G, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, M, 21.] C. albidum. See VITILIGO. C. album. See LEUCODERMIA. C. a men or rho i cum. See C. uterinum. C. cacliecticorum. The c. observed in persons affected with certain A, ape; A*, at; A, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Ch2, loch (Scottish); [s. 234]