mask of pregnancy

1. 1.

   a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives

   Synonymschloasmamelasma

   Broadersymptom

Questions about mask of pregnancy

What does mask of pregnancy mean?

mask of pregnancy means "a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives".

What is another word for mask of pregnancy?

Close synonyms include chloasma, melasma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mask of pregnancy a common word?

mask of pregnancy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.