Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA chronic inflammatory skin disease, often affecting the genitals.
So when, in 2018, a gynecologist recommended a vulval biopsy to check for signs of cancer, she hesitated. The doctor suspected that the whitish speck of skin that Gillian had found next to her clitoris was lichen sclerosus, a skin condition that is usually benign.
2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: LS
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA chronic inflammatory skin disease, often affecting the genitals.
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lichen sclerosus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichen%20sclerosus
“lichen sclerosus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichen%20sclerosus. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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