lichenifiedadj.
/lʌɪˈkɛnɪfʌɪd//ˈlʌɪkənɪfʌɪd/ Medicine.
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1892 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 4 327 The cases entering into the second group, which we have called Secondary Lichenifications, are not of the nature of real and true lichens, but are simply lichenified dermatoses.
1927 R. C. Low Common Dis. Skin xii. 161 The situation of these lichenified areas, usually on the back of the neck, is a rare one in lichen planus.
1967 H. Montgomery Dermatopathol. I. ix. 190/2 In my experience, one cannot distinguish between chronic lichenified disseminate neurodermatitis and localized forms of neurodermatitis histologically.
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