kraurosis

kraurosis
krau·ro·sis krȯ-'rō-səs n, pl -ro·ses -.sēz atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane esp. of the vulva where it is often a precancerous lesion
krau·rot·ic -'rät-ik adj

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n.
shrinking of a body part, usually the vulva in elderly women (kraurosis vulvae).

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krau·ro·sis (kraw-roґsis) [Gr. krauros brittle] a dry, shriveled condition of a part, especially of the vulva (k. vulvae).

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