| canities circumscripta | An isolated bundle of white eyelash's among normally pigmented eyelash's. Synonym: canities circumscripta, ciliary poliosis, poliosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| canities | Graying of hair. See: poliosis. Origin: L., fr. Canus, hoary, gray (05 Mar 2000) |
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| canities poliosis | The condition in which the eyelash's grow from the eyelid at a site other than the lid margin. Synonym: canities poliosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canities unguium | The occurrence of white spots or patches under the nails, of unknown cause; the decoloration may be total or in the form of lines (striate or transverse leukonychia) or dots (punctate leukonychia). Synonym: achromia unguium, canities unguium, leukopathia unguis. Origin: Leuko-+ G. Onyx (onych-), nail Apparent leukonychia, pallor of the nail not due to subungual air bubbles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rapid canities | Whitening of hair overnight or over a few days; in the latter case, may be seen in alopecia areata, when surviving pigmented hairs are preferentially shed from gray hair. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allotrichia circumscripta | Synonym: woolly-hair nevus. Origin: allo-+ G. Thrix, hair, + L. Circumscriptio, a boundary (05 Mar 2000) |
| balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis | Benign circumscribed balanitis characterised microscopically by subepithelial plasma cell infiltration and clinically by small erythematous papular lesions. Synonym: balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis, balanitis of Zoon, Zoon's erythroplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcinosis circumscripta | Localised deposits of calcium salts in the skin and subcutaneous tissues, usually surrounded by a zone of granulomatous inflammation; clinically, the lesions resemble the tophi of gout. (05 Mar 2000) |
| melanosis circumscripta precancerosa | An obsolete term for lentigo maligna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myositis ossificans circumscripta | Local deposit of bone in a muscle, usually following prolonged trauma; e.g., riders' bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteitis fibrosa circumscripta | Fibrous dysplasia of a single bone. Synonym: localised osteitis fibrosa, osteitis fibrosa circumscripta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lipoatrophia circumscripta | Localised fat atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |