| atrophie blanche | Small smooth ivory-white areas with hyperpigmented borders and telangiectasis, developing into atrophic stellate scars; seen especially on the legs and ankles of middle-aged women, and associated with livedo reticularis and dermal hyalinizing vasculitis. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| atrophied | Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |