Dermatology Glossary

Erosion (definition)

(e-ro'zhun) (Latin. Erodere - to eat out)

An erosion is a loss of the epidermis which heals without scarring.
(from the ILDS Committee on Nomenclature- R. Winkelmann, Chairman)

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