rosacea

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See also: rosácea

English

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Rosacea over the cheeks and nose

Etymology

Clipping of acne rosacea, from New Latin acnē (acne) + rosācea, feminine of rosāceus (rose-colored).

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Noun

rosacea (usually uncountable, plural rosaceas)

  1. (pathology) A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.
    Synonym: acne rosacea
    • 2008 April 24, Camille Sweeney, “In a Perfect World, Rosacea Remains a Problem”, in New York Times:
      It’s hardly surprising that rosacea tends to strike the fair-skinned, especially people of Celtic or Northern European extraction, according to the National Rosacea Society, an association that receives financing from pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies that market rosacea remedies.

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Noun

rosacea f (plural rosacee)

  1. (pathology) rosacea

Latin

Adjective

rosācea

  1. inflection of rosāceus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

rosāceā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rosāceus