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Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc.
Patches of lymphoid nodules, in the walls of the small intestiness; agminated glands; -- called also Peyer's patches. In typhoid fever they become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the characteristic organic lesion of that disease.
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a.
Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
v. t.
To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
n.
A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton).
n.
One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.
n. pl.
More or less extensive patches of subcutaneous extravasation of blood.
n.
A skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called also xanthelasma.
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A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles.
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Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.
v. t.
To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
a.
Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers.
n.
One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned.
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Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.
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Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles.
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One who patches or botches.
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Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
v. i.
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
a.
Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied.
n.
A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.
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