| morphea | A skin lesion that is characterised by the presence of localised, indurated, slightly depressed areas of thickened dermal tissue that may be white or yellow in colour and surrounded by a pink or purplish halo. See: in cutaneus scleroderma. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| morphea acroterica | Morphea confined chiefly to the extremities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morphea alba | Morphea in which there is reduction or absence of normal skin pigmentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morphea guttata | Small discrete, white, waxy, indurated lesions due to localised degenerative changes in the fibrous tissue. Synonym: white spot disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morphea herpetiformis | Morphea distributed along the course of distribution of a nerve, similar to the distribution of the lesions of herpes zoster. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morphea linearis | Morphea in which lesions are arranged in bands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morphea pigmentosa | Localised scleroderma in which there is an increase in pigmentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morphean | Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |