melasma

• melasmus (obsolete)

From Latin melasma, from Ancient Greek μέλασμα (mélasma), from μελαίνειν (melaínein, “to blacken”) + -σμα (-sma), from μέλας (mélas, “black”).

• Rhymes: -æzmə

melasma (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone.

• chloasma faciei, mask of pregnancy, melas

• melasmic

melasma m (plural melasmi)

1. (pathology) melasma

   Synonym: cloasma

• IPA^(key): /meˈlasma/ [meˈlaz.ma]
• Rhymes: -asma
• Syllabification: me‧las‧ma

melasma m (plural melasmas)

1. (pathology) melasma

   Synonyms: cloasma, máscara del embarazo, paño