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Esthesiometer :: Esthesiometer (n.) An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered..

Herpes :: Herpes (n.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another..

Raw :: Raw (superl.) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore..

Mummery :: Mummery (n.) Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.

Wale :: Wale (n.) A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.

Pompholyx :: Pompholyx (n.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullae, without inflammation or fever..

Fishskin :: Fishskin (n.) The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.).

Anserine :: Anserine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose..

Casting :: Casting (n.) The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc..

Efflower :: Efflower (v. t.) To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather..

Beefeater :: Beefeater (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known..

Griskin :: Griskin (n.) The spine of a hog.

Swanskin :: Swanskin (n.) The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on.

Spetches :: Spetches (n. pl.) Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made..

Uva :: Uva (n.) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape..

Tail :: Tail (n.) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also tailing..

Rhinoscleroma :: Rhinoscleroma (n.) A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat..

Blackheart :: Blackheart (n.) A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin.

Derm :: Derm (v. t.) The integument of animal; the skin.

Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.)..

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