lichen planus

Questions about lichen planus

What is another word for lichen planus?

It depends which lichen planus you mean. In the sense “an eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs”, the synonyms are lichen ruber planus. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of lichen planus?

WordNet records no antonym for lichen planus. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for lichen planus come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of lichen planus

• Full entry for lichen planusAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for lichen planusWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.