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PERLECHE

Dictionary entry overview: What does perleche mean?

• PERLECHE (noun)
The noun PERLECHE has 1 sense:

1. a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin

Familiarity information: PERLECHE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERLECHE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cheilosis; perleche

Hypernyms ("perleche" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

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