rosacea

See also: rosácea

English

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rosacea

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈzeɪ.ʃə/, /ɹoʊˈzeɪ.ʃiə/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃə

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.

Related terms

• Rosaceae
• rosacean
• rosaceous

Translations

chronic condition

Catalan: rosàcia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 酒渣鼻 (zh) (jiǔzhābí) Finnish: ruusufinni French: couperose (fr) f Italian: rosacea (it) f Portuguese: rosácea (pt) f Spanish: rosácea (es) f Turkish: gül hastalığı

Anagrams

• coareas

Italian

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rosacea

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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